Alabama Football 2014 Fall Preseason Practice 04
Alabama offensive line coach Mario Cristobal coaches his linemen at Alabama's fourth preseason football practice of the 2014 season, Sunday, August 3, 2014, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com
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It's a clean sweep for Alabama offensive line coach Mario Cristobal.
All four national recruiting services - Rivals, Scout, 247Sports and ESPN - have named Cristobal their national recruiter of the year.
The final announcement came on Wednesday when Rivals honored Cristobal.
"What he did in-state with (Daron) Payne and (Lester) Cotton - that's impressive," Rivals national recruiting director Mike Farrell said. "But he went into South Florida and landed the No. 1 receiver in the country in (Calvin) Ridley, and his teammate (Shawn) Burgess-Becker. Then he went up to New Jersey and took (Minkah) Fitzpatrick when everyone was recruiting him."
Alabama finished as the No. 1 team in the 247Sports composite recruiting rankings and finished No. 1 in the 247Sports and ESPN individual sites and No. 2 in Rivals and Scout's rankings.
Cristobal secured commitments from Ridley, Burgess-Becker and Fitzpatrick early in the process and Alabama held on to those commitments. Cotton committed early and Payne committed at the Under Armour All-American game.
Cristobal also was the primary recruiter for Washington, D.C., offensive guard Richie Petitbon.