{"id":755441,"date":"2026-07-10T21:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755441\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:48:25","slug":"micah-parsons-reveals-why-alabama-didnt-land-him-as-a-recruit-bama-aint-for-everybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755441\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons reveals why Alabama didn\u2019t land him as a recruit: \u2018Bama ain\u2019t for everybody\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micah Parsons<\/a> had plenty of options coming out of high school before committing to Penn State<\/a>. Alabama<\/a> was one of the programs heavily involved in his recruitment, but the future NFL star recently revealed why he ultimately decided Tuscaloosa was not the place for him.<\/p>\n

Speaking with former Alabama star Derrick Henry<\/a> on The Edge with Micah Parsons<\/a>, Parsons admitted<\/a> the Crimson Tide\u2019s famously demanding workouts convinced him to look elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to tell you right now, and this is the god\u2019s honest truth,\u201d Parsons said<\/a>. \u201cI went to Bama for four days. I went out there. I said, \u2018Let me go see what it\u2019s like down south.\u2019 I\u2019m from up north. It was so hot. The workout conditions were so treacherous that I said, \u2018There\u2019s no way in hell I can survive up here.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Parsons said Alabama invited him to attend its morning workouts during his visit, hoping to showcase the culture Nick Saban<\/a> built. Instead, it had the opposite effect: \u201cI showed up at 6 a.m.,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cThey did like 31-10s. I said, \u2018Oh my God!\u2019 And then they did extra if you left earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The workout schedule didn\u2019t slow down after that: \u201cThey said, \u2018Come back at six. We work out again,’\u201d Parsons recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018Okay.\u2019 Came back at six in the morning. Y\u2019all did like 10 40s in a row. Y\u2019all had to come in within the same time frame. I was like, \u2018Dang, they really work over here.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Parsons made it clear he respected Alabama\u2019s approach and believed it would help players improve. After experiencing it firsthand though, he realized it wasn\u2019t the right fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciated it,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cYou know, I\u2019d definitely get better. But then by the weekend, it was just like, I don\u2019t think I can make it. It was just too much. I just said it, it ain\u2019t for me. Bama ain\u2019t for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alas, Parsons instead signed with Penn State, where he quickly developed into one of college football\u2019s premier defensive players. During two seasons with the Nittany Lions, he totaled 192 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and six forced fumbles before opting out of the 2020 season and declaring for the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Now with the Green Bay Packers<\/a>, Parsons is working his way back from a torn ACL<\/a> suffered late last season. He recently revealed he remains on a strict rehabilitation timeline after also undergoing a procedure to repair his meniscus.<\/p>\n

Parsons has said he still has several months remaining in his recovery. Reports indicate he is expected to begin the 2026 season on the physically unable to perform list. <\/p>\n

The Packers are taking a cautious approach with one of the league\u2019s premier pass rushers. He recorded 12.5 sacks, earned first-team All-Pro honors and finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting during his first season in Green Bay. We\u2019d say his college decision all worked out for him in the end. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons had plenty of options coming out of high school before committing to Penn State. Alabama was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,72672,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-755441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-micah-parsons-18-harrisburg","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}