On Friday, several Alabama Crimson Tide football players took to social media to share details regarding the team’s march for racial injustice. It all started with Alabama wide receiver John Metchie III who posted about the march on Instagram.
Following Metchie was Alabama running back Najee Harris who then posted the march details to Twitter.
The Crimson Tide players and coaches are planning to march from the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility to Foster Auditorium on Monday. Foster Auditorium is known for being the historical site of the “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” incident.
Monday is an off day for the Crimson Tide.
Alabama football – players and coaches – are marching from the Mal Moore Athletics Facility at 4 p.m. Monday to meet at the schoolhouse door at Foster Auditorium. We want our voices to be heard as we strive to enact social change and rid our world of social injustices.
— Najee Harris (@ohthatsNajee22) August 29, 2020
Harris, who chose to return for his senior year, has been a vocal leader for the Tide all season.
He has spoken on wanting to play this season, and was one of the players who helped orchestrate the #WeWantToPlay movement.
There’s no doubt that Harris will have a big impact on Alabama’s offense, and has a chance to be in the Hesiman race as well as a first round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
In his first season at Alabama, Harris recorded 370 yards off of 61 carries for 3 touchdowns.
In his sophomore season, Najee had 117 carries for 783 yards and 4 touchdowns.
And, finally, last season Harris’ role became more dominate on offense, especially after Tua Tagovailoa endured a season-ending injury. Harris finished the season with 1,224 yards rushing off of 209 carries. He also had a career-best 13 touchdowns.
In his career, he has over 2,300 rushing yards and 20 TDs, as well as over 350 receiving yards with another 7 TDs.
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