TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Is the old Bo Scarbrough back?

The current Scarbrough was asked that Tuesday, three games into his junior season and eight months since he sustained a fractured fibula in January’s national championship game.

Prior to his injury, Scarbrough was on a roll down the final stretch of Alabama’s 2016 season, rushing for no less than 90 yards and 5.29 yards per carry in his final four games, including a 180-yard performance against Washington. Does he feel like that again?

“I feel 100 percent,” Scarbrough said Tuesday. “And also, I feel like my game has gotten better.”

Alabama’s second-leading receiver and third-leading rusher, Scarbrough has been involved in many ways to start the season. The 6-foot-2 tailback rushed for a season-high 66 yards and a nine-yard touchdown in the Crimson Tide’s 41-23 win over Colorado State.

And he has caught six passes for 55 yards, which is the second-highest reception total, trailing only Calvin Ridley and his 15 catches. Asked about his ability as a receiver, the Tuscaloosa native also appeared 100-percent relaxed under the television lights of the Naylor Stone Media Suite, engaging and laughing with a pool of local beat reporters.

Alabama RB Bo Scarbrough

Reminded of Cam Sims’ comments at practice about his highlight catch in the 2014 Under Armour All-American Game, a broad smile stretched across the tailback’s face -- something that occurred many times Tuesday. If he ever drops a pass, Sims is sure to tell him the five-star recruit Scarbrough would have never let that ball touch the turf.

“I’m always going to be Under Armour Bo,” Scarbrough said. “Maybe even better. … He’ll be like, ‘The Under Armour Bo would have caught that.’ And I’ll be like, ‘If I lose a little weight, then I can catch it.’ So, I lost a few pounds and I’m able to catch those passes.”

Scarbrough said he has lost “like 15 pounds,” but that wasn’t in one offseason. Listed at 235 pounds, the junior running back said he currently weighs 227 pounds. He was listed at 240 in 2015 and has been working to reach this point. But by doing what?

“Hard work and dedication, right?” Scarbrough said with a smile.

“My body feels more clean, it feels more stable so I can move the way I want to move and I’m able to do some of the things I couldn’t do.”

One of 10 players of the week chosen by the Tide coaches, the slimmer frame won’t be stopping Scarbrough from running over and through defenders during his junior year.

“Ain’t nothing changed but the weight,” he said. “I still do what I do.”

Scarbrough has ran for 142 yards and one score on 33 carries to start the season. He feels like his old self again, and he even continued his touchdown celebration from last year.

“I love the ‘A’ on the glove. Pretty sweet, huh?” he said. “The rest of the glove, the ‘A’ half is cut off, I just like the way it sits right in the palm. … It kind of started in the Washington game. I was feeling the ‘A’ in the middle. No other team has it, right? So, it’s pretty sweet, to me.”

Bo says he’s back, but he’s not the only one. Nick Saban said the same thing this weekend.

“I think Bo probably was as explosive as he’s been all year,” Saban said after Saturday’s game.

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