re: The “greatest team ever”* only had 10 players drafted?

I thought it would be cool to do a deep dive in just one of the classes that has made BAMA football so much fun these past 4 years. The most amazing and productive recruiting class at BAMA is the 2017 bunch. Recruiting gurus are calling it the greatest of all time. At the time, BAMA felt it coming. Najee, Tua, Mac, DeVonta, Henry, Jerry, Alex, etc. I'm sure we all know that group on a first-name basis by now.

8 first-round picks off the 2017 team alone and counting. Why counting? There are still some from that class coming back who will be starters, so we could have even more. LaBryan Ray, Brian Robinson, Chris Allen, Phidarian Mathis.

A little overview here: Nick Saban has now had 39 first-round draft picks at Alabama since 2007. Need some perspective, the barn has had 30 first-round picks back to 1950. LSU has 41 first-round picks in their history back to the draft inception in 1936. In 14 years of Nick Saban at Alabama, we are only 2 behind their freakin' history.

Here's the cool part. The 2021 class just signed is solidly ranked ahead of that historic 2017 class according to 24/7. Why has BAMA dominated college football and LSU? We are just better.

The 2017 class played was in 3 National Championship games. They won 2 National Championships.