Late this past week it was reported that kicker Nick Vogel was transferring from Southern Miss back to UAB, the first former Blazer to return to the previously-disbanded football program since the university announced it would resume the sport in 2017. This weekend, Vogel got a little company at what has the makings of a burgeoning reunion.
Saturday, al.com reported that the UAB football team will be bringing back Bryant Novick and adding him to its roster. Novick had considered transferring to Hawaii, James Madison or Tennessee-Chattanooga before opting to remain with the Blazers, telling the website that “staying here was the right thing to do.”
Novick was a redshirt freshman for the Blazers in 2014. How he, along with Vogel and any others that return, will be classified is still something that needs to be decided by the NCAA.
Regardless of class standing, Novick sees it as a positive that the program will take a couple of seasons to get back on its feet as it rebuilds.
“I think [it’s] a good thing,” the lineman said of a 2017 return. “That way we aren’t rushed into a season right away, and it allows for coach [Bill] Clark and UAB to do it the right way.”
The Hoover, Ala., native took a redshirt as a true freshman, then saw action in three games in 2014.
In addition to Novick and Vogel, it was also reported earlier this month that Tyler Jones, a transfer from Memphis, had joined the UAB team as well.
