Category Archives: Holla McGhee

Anders signs with Browns

Posted on April 25, 2010 by | Comments Off

The day after the draft, the free agent signing news is rolling in. Eryk Anders’ agent John Phillips just confirmed his client signed a deal with the Browns.

Anders also spoke with the Giants and Bears before deciding Cleveland was the right place for him.

There are also reports indicating Cory Reamer signed with the New York Jets and Colin Peek did so with the Atlanta Falcons.

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Brandon Deaderick makes it seven

Posted on April 24, 2010 by | Comments Off

Barely escaping the title of “Mr. Irrelevant,” former Tide defensive end Brandon Deaderick became the seventh Alabama player taken in the NFL draft when the New England Patriots took him with the 247th pick. Only eight players followed Deaderick.

The seven picks makes this the most Alabama-heavy draft since it shrunk from 12 rounds to seven in 1993.

Still, several hopefuls went undrafted including Lorenzo Washington, Leigh Tiffin, Colin Peek and Justin Woodall.

Stay tuned for any free agent news.

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Posted in Brandon Deaderick, Colin Peak, football, Holla McGhee, Justin Woodall, Leigh Tiffin, Lorenzo Washington, NFL Draft

NFL Draft eve reading assignments

Posted on April 21, 2010 by | Comments Off

As you know, the NFL draft is one of the most over hyped, over analyzed events of any calendar year. Thank you ESPN and interwebs. So, to feed the beast they have created, I provide you with a reading list of stories as I work on a few of my own.

Rolando McClain hopes to mimic careers of other athletes battling Crohn’s Disease (New York Daily News)

The agent selection process has changed at Alabama since Sugar Bowl (Mobile Press-Register)

NFL draft to be loaded with Tide, Gators (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Tiffin hopes to keep rolling in NFL (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tide’s Cory Reamer: I’m going to do everything I can to make it in the NFL (Press-Register)

Will Alabama’s Cody be a mountain of a bust? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Beat writers mock draft (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

If Alabama LB McClain slips, he’s a slam dunk for Giants (New York Post)

McClain could be surprise first-round pick for Chiefs (Kansas City Star)

Colin Peek ranked 15th best tight end (Chicago Tribune)

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Posted in Colin Peak, Cory Reamer, football, Holla McGhee, Leigh Tiffin, NFL Draft, Rolando McClain, Terrence Cody

Upchurch heading to Senior Bowl

Posted on January 25, 2010 by | Comments Off

Roy Upchurch got the call late Sunday that he’d be invited to the Senior Bowl. LSU’s Charles Scott (you might remember him as “Chuck the truck”) is hurt and Upchurch was available.

He’s the sixth Alabama player to make the roster after being the No. 3 running back in the Tide offense this season. Javier Arenas, Terrence Cody, Mike Johnson, Colin Peek and Leigh Tiffin will also be in Mobile this week.

The game is at 3 p.m. Saturday and will be televised on the NFL Network.

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Posted in Colin Peek, football, Holla McGhee, Javier Arenas, Leigh Tiffin, Mike Johnson, Roy Upchurch, Terrence Cody

Alabama on SI cover again

Posted on December 8, 2009 by | 2 Comments

For the second time in three weeks, Alabama football is on the Sports Illustrated cover. First it was Mark Ingram, now it’s Colin Peek (a.k.a. Holla McGhee) who graces the cover.

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Posted in Colin Peek, football, Holla McGhee, Sports Illustrated

Iron Bowl week theme: Efficiency

Posted on November 23, 2009 by | Comments Off

Nick Saban preached it, then practiced it Monday afternoon. With a short week to prepare for Auburn, the key is being efficient. He went on to give the fastest moving Monday news conference of the season with precise answers and not much dead time.

There simply isn’t a minute to waste.

Here are the other highlights from Monday:

  • Javier Arenas was named SEC special teams player of the week after breaking the league mark for punt returns for touchdown Saturday. No big surprise there.
  • Colin Peek (a.k.a. Holla McGhee) met reporters for the first time in a while. He spoke about his knee injury and the fight to get back. Read more about that later. We’ve missed his entertaining interviews.
  • The theme of this Iron Bowl will be Alabama’s ability to shut down Auburn’s running game. Also, you will get to read more later in the week.

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Posted in Around the SEC, Auburn, Colin Peak, football, Holla McGhee, Iron Bowl, Javier Arenas, Nick Saban

Updates on pregame warmups

Posted on November 7, 2009 by | Comments Off

A few line-up notes to keep in mind:

  • Colin Peek is listed as the No. 1 tight end and he is dressed in his No. 84 jersey for warm-ups. Remember, his knee sprain was suffered in the same run-through two weeks ago against Tennessee.
  • Running back/kickoff returner Terry Grant was not listed on the depth chart provided before the game. Mike McCoy OR Trent Richardson were the only others listed with Javier Arenas as kickoff returners. We’ll see who gets the nod soon enough.
  • The place is starting to pack in now that kickoff is 20 minutes out.

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Posted in Colin Peak, football, Holla McGhee, injury, Javier Arenas, Terry Grant, Trent Richardson

Video: Colin Peek practices on bum knee

Posted on November 2, 2009 by | 1 Comment

Check out the video and photos below of injured Crimson Tide tight end Colin Peek (aka Holla McGhee) at practice Monday. He ran, caught passes and got in an out of a three-point stance without much trouble.

Remember, Peek hurt his left knee in pregame warmups against Tennessee on Oct. 24. Nick Saban said he was “day to day” earlier Monday.

In other injury news, Dre Kirkpatrick was riding the exercise bike and Terry Grant wore a black jersey while working out with the team.


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Posted in Colin Peak, football, Holla McGhee, injury