Spring games are supposed to be fun, casual and light on contact. Apparently, nobody told Alabama safety Jake Pope.
The annual exhibition games across college football rarely show hard—especially brutal—hits, but the Crimson Tide defensive back just couldn’t help himself when a pass was about to be made in his vicinity.
Wide receiver Jermaine Burton couldn’t haul in a pass on the right sideline with the ball bouncing off his fingertips. While he was trying to recover the ball during the play, Pope came out of nowhere and absolutely leveled him, sending him out of bounds.
