TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Dylan Lonergan, the quarterback for the Crimson Tide, did not participate in baseball as a right-handed pitcher last spring, despite enrolling early at Alabama. Rob Vaughn, the first-year head coach at Alabama, gave an update on Friday regarding the Snellville, Georgia, product’s prospects for two sports.
“There’s been a lot of changes over the last few weeks [in the football program],” Vaughn stated. “The nature of those modifications has been well documented. Dylan, for the time being, I believe, will concentrate on his football career. He is incredibly gifted.”
Jason Jackson, a longtime pitching coach and associate head coach, has watched Lonergan in action and has grown to love him. He was one of Georgia’s top high school baseball players and planned to play both sports at the varsity level. But plans do not always go as planned. He has played in one regular season football game thus far, on November 18, when he completed two passes against Chattanooga.
It was left to Lonergan by Vaughn, who did not categorically rule out the young signal caller making a final trip back to the diamond. “Dylan will have a lot of control over what it means for him going forward and how that plays out in the long run.
“There is no doubt that we would love to have him involved in our work. He seems like a gifted young man, but for the time being he will concentrate on what is in front of him. That speaks volumes about who he is and what he has truly accomplished at that football field over the past six or seven months.” Although Lonergan isn’t anticipated to be around “a ton,” Vaughn would always be happy to have him.
