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Hale County, Alabama's Herb Jones, the 2021 SEC Player of the Year and a second-round steal who became one of the NBA's best perimeter defenders and an All-Defensive first-teamer in 2024. His favorite restaurant in the city is Morrow's in the Marigny, for the seafood pasta and chargrilled oysters, and in April 2026 he hosted a bowling party for 15 single-parent families at Fulton Alley in the Warehouse District.