NORMAL, Alabama — For as long as he can remember, Alabama A&M center Chazz Wilson was a Southern fan. Every Saturday, Wilson and his mother, Valerie Lee, and a handful of other family members would go cheer for the Jaguars.
“I went to every Southern game growing up,” said Wilson, whose mother graduated from SU, along with two of his aunts and two cousins. “We had a lot of fun.”
Wilson lived 15 minutes from campus. He hoped to sign with the Jaguars.
Southern, Grambling, Jackson State and Alabama A&M all recruited Wilson, who played his senior year at John Curtis High School after transferring from McKinley.
But Southern never offered Wilson a scholarship.
“I was a little disappointed,” said Wilson, a 6-foot-1, 274-pound fifth-year senior. “I guess I wasn’t what they needed at the time.”
In the end, Wilson signed with Alabama A&M, saying he felt like the Bulldogs truly wanted him.
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