Shockwaves Across College Football as 5-Star Nigerian DL Phenom Letronious Trebrickashaun IX Commits to Alabama Over Colorado School of Mines and Faulkner University: At 41 Years Old, 4’11”, and 437 lbs, The Legend Begins in Tuscaloosa

Shockwaves Across College Football as 5-Star Nigerian DL Phenom Letronious Trebrickashaun IX Commits to Alabama Over Colorado School of Mines and Faulkner University: At 41 Years Old, 4’11”, and 437 lbs, The Legend Begins in Tuscaloosa

 

 

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Tuscaloosa, AL — June 15, 2025

 

In what may go down as one of the most unorthodox yet electric college football recruiting sagas in recent memory, Alabama has secured the commitment of five-star defensive lineman Letronious Trebrickashaun IX — a 41-year-old Nigerian national who stands at 4 feet 11 inches and weighs in at a thunderous 437 pounds. Against all odds, Letronious chose the University of Alabama over surprise contenders Colorado School of Mines and Faulkner University, sending shockwaves through recruiting boards, message forums, and sports newsrooms around the country.

 

Described by many scouts as “a once-in-history defensive anomaly,” Trebrickashaun’s journey to collegiate stardom defies every conventional narrative associated with high-level football recruits. Born in the bustling streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Letronious did not take the typical high school-to-college pipeline route. In fact, most of his adult life has been spent forging metal as a blacksmith in the Ogun State mountains — a detail that has become legend in his recruitment story.

 

Only last year did Trebrickashaun reportedly participate in his first organized football activity at a local expat league in Abuja. He immediately stood out, not because of his stature, but because of his ability to bench press a Toyota Corolla and clog running lanes like a sentient wrecking ball. His film, though grainy and shot on what appears to be an early 2000s camcorder, features clips of Letronious diving through double teams, swatting down quarterbacks with one arm, and even returning a fumble 12 yards — before stopping to eat a goat meat pie on the sideline.

 

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer, now entering his second season at the helm in Tuscaloosa, called the signing a “game-altering acquisition” and praised Trebrickashaun’s unique skill set, maturity, and… gravitational pull.

 

> “This young man — well, older man — is unlike anything we’ve ever seen,” DeBoer told reporters with a grin. “His center of gravity is lower than our field goals. His strength? Unreal. His presence? Unmissable. He brings the kind of disruptive force to the D-line that we haven’t had since Mount Cody — only… denser.”

 

 

 

Trebrickashaun, or “LT9” as fans are already beginning to call him online, took to social media to announce his decision in a video that has since gone viral. Standing shirtless on a stack of yams, holding a spear, and draped in Alabama’s crimson and white, he bellowed, “Roll Tide or Crawl Away!” before slamming a wooden log in half with his bare hands.

 

Though questions swirl around his eligibility and whether the NCAA has ever dealt with a situation remotely like this, Alabama’s compliance office reportedly fast-tracked his documentation. It turns out that his academic transcripts — written entirely on palm leaves — were deemed “innovative yet valid.”

 

Letronious’s other finalists, the Colorado School of Mines and Faulkner University, were gracious in defeat.

 

> “We gave it our best shot,” said Colorado School of Mines head coach Gregg Gill. “But it’s hard to compete with a guy who reportedly cracked the Earth’s crust during a 1-on-1 drill.”

 

 

 

Faulkner University issued a short statement: “We wish Letronious nothing but the best. And we thank him for not falling on any of our players during his visit.”

 

Within hours of the commitment, Alabama fans flooded online forums and X (formerly Twitter), some photoshopping Letronious in a Crimson Tide uniform alongside Will Anderson Jr. and Terrence Cody. One enthusiastic user wrote, “This is what happens when you recruit straight from God’s weight room.”

 

Recruiting experts are still scrambling to assign a measurable player comparison. One analyst described him as, “a mix between Aaron Donald, a wrecking ball, and your worst fever dream after eating too much jollof rice.”

 

Despite his age, sources say Letronious passed all physicals with flying colors and can squat over 1,200 pounds — though his conditioning is still being closely monitored, as his 40-yard dash time was officially clocked at “two and a half podcasts.”

 

His first official practice with the team is expected to be this fall, where fans are already lining up to witness the debut of the Planet of a Player himself.

 

Whatever the future holds, one thing is certain: Letronious Trebrickashaun IX isn’t just a name you’ll remember — he’s a gravitational event in cleats.

 

Roll Tide.