... jersey with a 55 on it instead of his trademark Crimson 25 jersey, when he smiles and starts talking you know it's still Rolando McClain.

Entering his first year in professional football with the Oakland Raiders, still working out the details in a reported eight year, $30 million package, that alone explains why McClain felt the need to leave Alabama, but there was more.

"I don't know if I would or could have made the same decision to leave Alabama early if there weren't so much talent at Alabama waiting to take my place," McClain said. "But the guys I'm leaving there have the talent to step up and fill my place. It's their time now, and they can do it."

"And I'm not leaving them forever, most of them will be here in a few years...

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