Former Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick has landed himself a new assistant coaching job at East Mississippi Community College, also known as EMCC.
That fantastic news was announced on Sunday via the official Twitter account for EMCC Athletics:
Welcome to the #FAM1LY, coaches!
Brandon Deaderick and T’Darryl Grays join EMCC football coaching staff – East Mississippi Athletics https://t.co/zNh5fHrWRG— EMCC Athletics (@EMCCathletics) July 13, 2020
Deaderick played for the University of Alabama from 2005-09. To most, he’s known as the guy who was shot in the forearm in the week leading up to the 2009 Chick-fil-a Kickoff Game against Virginia Tech.
The reason for his recognition is that he still managed to play in that game, and he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a 34-24 victory over the Hokies.
In his career, Deaderick started 31 games and posted 81 total tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks. He followed up his time in Tuscaloosa by being drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round (No. 247 overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft.
After a fairly successful stint with the Patriots from 2010-12 which included a start in Super Bowl XLVI, the 6-foot-4, 305-pound defensive lineman spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans and, most recently, the Buffalo Bills in 2015.
Deaderick has spent the past two seasons working as a defensive quality control assistant at the University of Tennessee under former Tide defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, but now he’s moving to Mississippi to take on his fire on-field coaching job.
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