Barker was an oddity who turned out to be an outstanding college QB. But his first couple of years as the starter he could barely throw a pass. Still Alabama won a national championship in '92 with a great defense and a QB who basically handed the ball off to the running backs.
His passing improved greatly his junior and senior seasons until he ran up some good stats. I think he was a four year starter who had immense OJT because there was no hot shot QB on the roster, and he made few mistakes and Gene Stallings just trusted Barker.
I will always be grateful for them beating Miami in that Championship game, I was actually in Miami the night of that game, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Canes fans with the tears of unfathomable sadness....I remember that year that Gators gave Bama a pretty tough game, much tougher than I expected, I think it took a Pick-6 for Bama to beat us.