Alabama running back Eddie Lacy (42) runs through the tackle of Western Kentucky linebacker Andrew Jackson (4). Lacy has announced he will not return to Alabama for his senior year.Alabama redshirt junior tailback Eddie Lacy began this past work week earning the offensive MVP honor in Monday night’s 42-14 thumping of Notre Dame for the BCS championship.
He concluded it Friday by announcing that he will forgo his final season of college eligibility and enter the NFL draft.
“It has been an amazing experience,” Lacy said. “I developed well as a player and as a person here at Alabama. As I look back at the four years, I feel that I have accomplished all of the goals that the team and I set out to accomplish.”
Also leaving early for the Crimson Tide are redshirt junior right tackle D.J. Fluker and junior cornerback Dee Milliner. Lacy and Fluker leave with three BCS title rings.
Lacy is Alabama’s third junior tailback in as many years to bypass a final season of eligibility, following Mark Ingram in 2011 and Trent Richardson last January. The 6-foot, 220-pounder from Geismar, La., was not nearly as touted as Ingram and Richardson, but he wound up rushing for 1,322 yards, 6.5 yards a carry and 17 touchdowns this past season.