Questions about WR recruiting and development at Bama

That's probably because the talent is all still playing.

Norwood should be drafted. Kenny Bell might get a look somewhere, but I don't know if he makes a team.

The next year, White, Cooper, and Jones will all likely be drafted.

Nick had his first recruiting class in 2007. There have been many highly sought after WRs in this time that have gone undrafted. Kenny Bell and Kevin Norwood were both four start recruits who have prototypical size and speed. Neither will be drafted on the first day, if at all.

Amari Cooper will be highly drafted.

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I understand what you are trying to do with this thread, but your execution is lacking.

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I'm just trying to understand why Bama has only 1 draft pick since Saban has been there.

We are currently competing for Malachi Dupre. I ask a few simple questions that I doubt will be answered with a substantive post though. What's lacking in my execution all knowing one?

This is clearly a thread to flame Alabama. Your post history explains it all. 95%+ of your posts are flaming current and former Alabama players.

I remember that QB they had picked number one....

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The forward pass is a cowardly, immoral play.

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It is quite gimmicky

Looking at it year-by-year:

07 - Brandon Gibson was our highest rated WR recruit. He barely saw the field in his career.

08 - Unless you count B.J. Scott, who most viewed as a DB coming out, Julio was our only WR in this class

09 - We took four receivers and the lowest rated ended up having the best career. Kendall Kelly was placed on medical hardship IIRC and Michael Bowman eventually transferred after moving to TE. Bell has been decent for us and Norwood has a shot at being drafted.

10 - Two recruits at WR this year, DeAndrew White and Keiwone Malone. White almost left for the draft and would've likely been a fourth or fifth round pick. Malone was suspended and transferred after a redshirt year.

Keenan Allen was committed to us for a while before flipping to Cal. He was a third round pick and had a great rookie year. He may've ended up on defense for us though.

11 - Another large WR class; six this time. Shinn and Woodson sparingly saw the field and transferred. Sylve ended up at CB. Carswell was suspended, IIRC, and transferred. Jones, the only one still at WR for us, looks like he could be drafted. Duron Carter...

Shinn was highly rated and some called him the "next Julio." Obviously that didn't work out. He did see a good bit of PT with our injuries at WR in '12 so some were confused when he transferred.

12 - Another large WR class if you count the two-way guys. Cooper looked like a sure-fire top ten pick his freshman year but injuries and a case of the drops resulted in a sophomore slump. Black has been stuck on the sideline for the most part but has impressed when given opportunity. I suppose the coaching staff hasn't trusted him with things besides pass-catching. Cyrus Jones started at WR before moving to CB. Eddie Williams is a dumbass.

13 - Foster (who Gary Danielson singled out unprovoked as a special talent after seeing him in practice) and Stewart (might move to safety) redshirted. Falkins played sparingly.


In summary up until the last couple of years we missed on most of our top WR targets (Allen being the most obvious example). No one wanted to play WR for Alabama before Julio apparently. Development doesn't seem to be an issue as in more than one case lower rated guys have out-performed the high rated guys.

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Neither will be drafted on the first day, if at all.

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Bell won't come close to being drafted, but Norwood may go as high as the fifth. He's a perfect possession WR that will be a better pro than college player.

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I agree on Amari Cooper, but Chris Black and Robert Foster haven't proven anything on a college football field yet.

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I think he was trying to say Black and Foster were highly talented guys coming out of HS, but he didn't say it the way he wanted to.