{"id":12751,"date":"2025-02-04T15:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12751"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:35:14","slug":"breaking-micah-parsons-revealed-wild-detail-about-alabama-football-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12751","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Micah Parsons revealed wild detail about Alabama football offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8017,h_4509,x_0,y_119\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/cowboys_country\/01jk8k10r5jb02jwj5w7.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parson walks off the field after the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_1frkqebf9\">Dallas Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons is a generational talent who has exceeded expectations for the team after being drafted No. 12 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_kr7pcm0o0\">Parsons burst onto the scene with the Penn State Nittany Lions, being named to the Freshman All-American Team before going on the be the Butkus Award winner in his final season.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_36uo6zogj\">But during the latest episode of his podcast,<em> The Edge with Micah Parsons<\/em>, the star edge rusher revealed he could have started his college career at another collegiate powerhouse on the offensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_kjlc0uomt\">Parsons, who was a five-star recruit and No. 4 overall player in his class, revealed he was offered by Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide as a running back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Micah Parsons says Alabama offered him a scholarship&#8230; to play running back \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>(via The Edge with Micah Parsons) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G6DkQ96B9c\">pic.twitter.com\/G6DkQ96B9c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1886597067243466912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_eqctfhi4p\">Ultimately, Parsons stayed close to home at took over the Big Ten at Penn State.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_cjfuj3jc8\">And now, Parsons is the main piece of the defensive unit and a player Dallas will potentiallymake the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_t44yvbfiw\">Parsons missed four games for the Cowboys this season, but he still finished among the NFL leaders in sacks, tied for fifth in the\u00a0league and first in the NFC with 12 on the year.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_woil7n5wz\">By hitting the double-digit mark, Parsons joined an exclusive club of NFL legends to record at least 10 sacks in each of their first four seasons.<\/p>\n<div data-mm-id=\"_5fsqlshtp\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_7210,h_4806,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_620,ar_3:2,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/cowboys_country\/01jk8knfrv9dg3gkpe9k.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_nbtnvm9fv\">The other three players were Pro Football Hall of Famers Dwight Freeney, Derrick Thomas, and Reggie White. 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