Linebacker/running back Brent Calloway, the No. 1 player in the state according to Rivals.com, had given his verbal to Alabama last June, but announced at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, broadcast on NBC, that he was going to Auburn. Harland 'Peaches' Winston, who along with his wife adopted Calloway when he was in ninth grade, was stunned to learn that the No. 12 player in the country announced during the telecast that he was headed to The Plains. To say the least, he was not pleased with how the situation played itself out. "I’m from the old school," Winston told the Birmingham News. "When you shake a man’s hand, look him in the eye and make a commitment, you stick to that commitment. I respect him and I’m going to root for him. But I don’t think he handled it the right way." As for his part, Calloway said the fact that Auburn will allow him to play running back, the Tide coaching staff, along with the dad, feel Calloway’s best route to the NFL is via the defensive side of the ball, and their depth chart at that position is less crowded than their in-state rival’s played a role in his decision. Plus, it appears Calloway is simply more comfortable with the situation, including the coaching staff, at Auburn. Not only is Winston not comfortable with how his son went about making the decision, he appears far from comfortable with the "flamboyance" of the Tiger staff. "They stick to business. You don’t see their coaches high-fiving," Winston, who says he’s not a ‘Bama fan, said of Nick Saban’s Tide staff. Despite his reservations, Winston told the paper that he will not interfere with his son’s decision.
Calloway has a visit scheduled to Auburn Saturday.
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