Alabama coach Nick Saban has confirmed this morning's earlier news that sophomore reserve quarterback Star Jackson plans to leave the Crimson Tide in pursuit of a transfer to another school. Jackson, who had fallen behind senior starter Greg McElroy and redshirt freshman AJ McCarron on the Tide's depth chart, met last week with Saban to discuss a transfer, the coach confirmed. Saban had this to say before tonight's Crimson Caravan stop in Mobile ... "Star Jackson has done a fantastic job in our program, made a tremendous amount of improvement. We hate to see any player leave the program, but quarterback's kind of a unique position where one guy can play, and we have a lot of competition there right now. Greg's the starter coming back, AJ has done a fantastic job of improving, Phillip Sims came in at mid-semester and showed a lot of promise this spring. "Star has made a tremendous amount of improvement and done a very, very good job. But I think sometimes when quarterbacks can't see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of when they might be able to play, they get a little antsy and might want to go someplace else. Star and I have discussed it, and we're going to help him do what he feels is going to make him and his family the best decision for his future." http://blog.al.com/bamabeat/2010/05/nick_saban_on_star_jackson_we.html
