Leonard Fournette and Bo Scarbrough were two of the top prospects in the 2014 signing class.

They competed in some of the same recruiting camps and were later teammates at the Under Armour All-American game, so Fournette -- LSU's star running back -- is very familiar with Scarbrough -- the promising Alabama sophomore running back whom some former and current teammates have referred to as "The Next Derrick Henry."

The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Scarbrough only had 18 carries last season as a reserve running back behind Henry and Kenyan Drake, but the former five-star recruit showed his ability while rushing for a combined 243 yards and four touchdowns on just 21 carries in the Tide's first two scrimmages this spring.

"He's bigger than Derrick," a smiling Fournette said. "He's a great talent. He's not a sleeper at all. He's been doing the same things I thought he was gonna do since high school, so I'm looking forward to seeing him."

Scarbrough has dropped around 10 pounds after weighing 240 pounds last season.

At 240 pounds, Scarbrough ran the 40-yard dash in 4.53 seconds last spring prior to suffering a torn ACL.

His 40 time this spring wasn't as fast, but 4.60 is still a very good time for someone that weighs 230-plus pounds.

Scarbrough also bench-pressed 405 pounds this spring, squatted 515 pounds and had a 10-foot broad jump, which was tied for third-best on the team.

The broad jump tests lower body explosiveness.

"I certainly think he's capable of doing all the things that we need him to do," Alabama coach Nick Saban said of Scarbrough during the spring. "I think part of it is confidence, knowledge, experience, having confidence in what he's supposed to do, how he's supposed to do it, why it's important to do it that way. I think when he understands that, he plays fast and he's very effective. So those are the kinds of things that we can improve on."