UAB Football Gains 18 Players on National Signing Day

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The UAB Blazers loaded up on junior college players and scooped up Alabama’s Mr. Football in their return to national signing day. Coach Bill Clark added 18 players to the roster, including 4 from Alabama. Clark says that’s significant. 

“One of the thing that I found in recruiting is the local guys, the guys from around this area…what is UAB gonna do? Is this really what we said it is? This tells you it is,” says Clark.

The Blazers also picked up players from Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, New York, Texas and Virginia.

Yesterday was the first signing day since UAB’s football program was canceled in 2014, before being reinstated six months later after

It the Blazers first signing day since the program was canceled in late 2014, then reinstated after protest and pushback from UAB alumni, students and faculty. The Blazers take field again in fall of 2017.

A look at where UAB's newly signed football players are coming from.

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A look at where UAB’s newly signed football players are coming from.

 

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