‘The Rabbit’s Got The Gun’: Warren Sapp Couldn’t Believe Nick Saban Was ‘Blackmailed’ By Recruit For $1 Million With a Deadline Of 48 Hours To Cut The Check

Nick Saban is a legend and considered the GOAT college football coach by most people familiar with the sport. He coached his final game after 17 glorious years at Alabama last season. He blamed a changing landscape driven by NIL money, a new breed of entitled athlete and his age as factors in stepping away from the dynasty he built.& Saban turned 73 on Oct. 31, and the celebration was a bit tainted by a news report going around that Saban was blackmailed by a potential recruit.& After hearing about the “blackmailing” incident, former NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp said on a podcast that he definitely heard the story, and it was one of a few situations that point to how dramatically the college recruiting games changed.& Warren Sapp Says Nick Saban Was Blackmailed By Recruit Wanting $900K “I heard this past offseason that really, like, drove the point home that the rabbit’s got the gun. Now, they said a kid walked in Nick’s Saban’s office, sat down and looked at him and say, I need $900,000, and you got 48 hours,” Warren said. It sounds like someone’s joking, right? Warren felt the same way when he added, “Can you...