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Alabama breaks school, SEC records with 12 2018 NFL Draft picks (BamaOnLine)

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Seven Alabama players were selected on Day 3 of the 2018 NFL Draft, bringing the Crimson Tide’s 3-round total to 12 selections, tying the school and SEC modern draft era records.

The 12 draftees led the nation and were five more than the three teams tied for second place.

Four players were taken in the first round Thursday with safety Minkah Fitzpatrick coming off the board first to the Miami Dolphins with the 11th overall pick. Da'Ron Payne to the Washington Redskins at No. 13, Rashaan Evans to the Tennessee Titans at No. 22 and Calvin Ridley to the Atlanta Falcons at No. 26 rounded out the first round for Alabama players.

The four first-round selections tied a school record that was also accomplished in 2011, 2012 and 2017.

Safety Ronnie Harrison was the Crimson Tide’s only Day 2 draft pick Friday, going to the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 29th selection, 93rd overall, in the third round and bringing the total to five.

Then, seven more players were drafted in the final four rounds. Defensive end Da'Shawn Hand and cornerback Anthony Averett were selected in the fourth round by the Detroit Lions (114) and Baltimore Ravens (118), respectively. Punter JK Scott was the lone fifth-round pick and first punter taken since 1995 when the Green Bay Packers chose him at No. 172.

Linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton and center Bradley Bozeman provided the Tide with a pair of sixth-round picks. Hamilton was the second Alabama player drafted by Washington at No. 197 while Bozeman was the second Alabama player drafted by Baltimore at No. 215, continuing the recent trends for both organizations of selecting from Crimson Tide players.

With Hamilton’s selection by the Redskins, all 11 of Alabama’s 2016 season-opening defensive starters have now been selected in the last two NFL drafts. Nine were chosen in the first three rounds. That number rises to 14 if Evans, Hand and Averett are included as reserves from that game against USC in Arlington, Texas, fittingly the site of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Running back Bo Scarbrough was one of two seventh-round picks and actually gave Alabama the school and league record for selections in a single draft. Scarbrough was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys with the 236th overall pick. Defensive tackle Joshua Frazier was the final draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 28th pick in the seventh, 246 overall.

Eleven years into the Nick Saban era, 30 of the 32 NFL teams have now selected an Alabama player. The only NFL franchises that haven’t picked one are Denver and Philadelphia.

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Undrafted free-agent signings:
Robert Foster -- Buffalo Bills
Tony Brown -- Los Angeles Chargers
J.C. Hassenauer -- Atlanta Falcons
Levi Wallace -- Buffalo Bills
Cam Sims -- Washington Redskins.