COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joey Bosa still remembers his first scholarship offer.
It was the summer of 2010 and the 15-year-old man-child had just wrapped up a breakthrough season at Fort Lauderdale’s storied St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Like many other elite prospects, Bosa hit the camp circuit in hopes of being noticed by college coaches.
Along with his father, former Boston College star and Miami Dolphins first-round pick John Bosa, Joey headed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama—a lengthy 765 miles away from their home in South Florida.
But the family trip to the Yellowhammer State proved to be well worth the distance, as Joey soon found himself face to face with the reigning national champion Crimson Tide’s head coach after an introduction that he’ll never forget.
“I had no shirt on because we just had camp, so I was shivering with a little towel,” Bosa recalled, mimicking his cold sweat. “Saban called me up and I had no idea what it was going to be about…you’re 15 years old and you’re sitting in his office and he clicks his button that automatically closes his door.
“It was a super nice door.”
Once Saban’s Batcave-like door shut, he extended an offer to Bosa to join what would become a budding Alabama dynasty.
Excited with the prospect of affiliating himself with the Crimson Tide before the start of his junior season of high school, Bosa and his father headed to the local Buffalo Wild Wings, where they contemplated accepting the offer.
“I almost walked…
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