Alabama Crimson Tide five-star quarterback recruit Keelon Russell needs to be more cautious about what he shares on social media. And more importantly, extra safe on the road.
The 17-year-old Keelon Russell previously committed to the SMU Mustangs before announcing that he was instead flipping to Alabama. The 2024 Gatorade Football Player of the Year plays is a student at Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas.
On his Instagram story, Russell shared a photo of himself driving en route to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Not only did Russell basically reveal that he was committing distracted driving, but you can see that he was going well over the speed limit at 89 miles per hour:
#Alabama 5⭐️ QB Keelon Russell has arrived in Tuscaloosa for move in. pic.twitter.com/9fH4RBtvAJ
— Jack Knowlton (@JackKnowlton_) January 6, 2025
Football fans expressed great concern over Keelon Russell’s unsafe driving:
“Dude needs to slow down and stop taking pics while driving,” one fan said.
“Texting and driving whilst speeding. Be careful, he might transfer to Georgia,” wrote another.
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“Bro need to slow down,” said a fan.
“Take a little off the gas pedal man. We need you on the field, not in the cemetery. Roll Tide,” a fan commented.
Take a little off the gas pedal man. We need you on the field, not in the cemetery. Roll Tide
— 7thStDalaiLama (@StanBradford5) January 6, 2025
“posting this is next level dumb,” quipped a user.
“Slow down my boy,” wrote a fan.
“Keelon, this is NOT Athens, GA!,” joked a fan.
“Going 89 in a 70. Bros gonna get arrested b4 he hits Tuscaloosa,” a fan said.
Going 89 in a 70. Bros gonna get arrested b4 he hits Tuscaloosa 😂
— thespiderweb18🥶🐅✈️ (@Jackson16207781) January 6, 2025
In recent years, there has been an alarming amount of college football players involved in traffic-related accidents or driving infractions. So here’s hoping that someone speaks to Keelon Russell about the importance of driving safely and not acting like he’s invincible simply because he’s a young man with his full life ahead of him.
The 2024 season was a roller-coaster for the Crimson Tide under first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer. Alabama finished 9-4 and failed to qualify for the 12-team College Football Playoff, with an ugly 24-3 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 23 essentially sealing their fate.
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Jalen Milroe, the starting quarterback for Alabama, has already declared for the 2025 NFL Draft. Presumably, Alabama’s quarterback competition will feature Russell, Austin Mack and Ty Simpson.
In his final season of college football, Milroe completed 64.3 percent of pass attempts for 2,744 yards, 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions to go along with 726 rushing yards and 20 rushing scores.
