Najee Harris reveals surprising details about time at Alabama

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris has jumped all across the nation during his football journey, which started off in Antioch, California in high school, where he was ranked the No. 1 running back in the nation and No. 2 player overall according to On3 Consensus. Harris took his talents to Tuscaloosa to play for Alabama, and was asked on The Pivot Podcast if there was any culture shock from that move.

“Oh yeah, you name it; the food, the weather, the way people dress, talk, I don’t understand nothing they were saying. You talking about, ‘oh you can tell he’s from Cali’, well I can tell a motherf*****” from the south god****** it was the was the way they talked, it was just everything thing, everything was different,” Harris said.

It might have taken Harris some time to adjust to the environment in Tuscaloosa off the field, but on the field he fit right in, leaving Alabama as their all time leading rusher, leader in total touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns.

Despite his success on the field, Harris still said he would get homesick, as Alabama had just started recruiting players from the west coast in his 2017 class, which included himself and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

“Alabama didn’t really recruit no west coast guys because they think none of them would come there because it’s kind of far, which it really is, it’s hella far actually. On camera, I left as much as I can on the weekends to go back, I was homesick. I was homesick for three years god******, three years, and I was there for four god****** you feel me,” Harris said.

Harris added that his main reason for picking Alabama was for the competition, as he battled through homesickness and some of the best competition the country has to offer successfully in his four years at Alabama. Harris’ play earned him a first round draft selection my the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he broke various rookie rushing records last season and finished the year with 1,200 yards on the ground, fourth best in the league.

The culture in Pittsburgh is different from both Alabama and California, and hopefully Harris is getting adjusted and antiquated yet again at the third stop of his football journey.