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2017 Alabama poised to pass 2001 Miami as all-time king of the NFL draft
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:42 pm
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The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered to be the greatest collection of players in college football history, at least as measured by the NFL draft.
That roster included 38 players who went on to be drafted between 2002 and 2006. The website fivethirtyeight.com measured rosters by a mathematical formula in 2014 and declared it "the single most talented college roster" ever.
That may be about to change. What happens Thursday through Saturday at the NFL draft in Cleveland could hand that mantle to Alabama's 2017 team.
That UA roster includes 32 players who have already been drafted, with more to come this week when Najee Harris, Mac Jones, DeVonta Smith and others are slated to be picked by NFL teams. BetMGM has the over/under of total Alabama players to be drafted this year at 11.5, with an over/under of 5.5 for the first round.
Alabama went 13-1 in 2017, winning the national championship. That roster has sent such players as Tua Tagovailoa, Josh Jacobs, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Calvin Ridley to the NFL so far.
Among those 32 Alabama picks are 29 players who have started at least one NFL game, 19 of whom have started at least one full season. Those players have combined for three Pro Bowls in their budding careers, and Fitzpatrick has been named first-team All-Pro twice.
Counted in that total of 32 draftees from the UA 2017 roster is Jalen Hurts, who transferred to Oklahoma to finish his collegiate career before being selected in the second round of last year's draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Miami 2001 went 12-0 and also won the national title. That roster had a backfield that included Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, Clinton Portis and Willis McGahee. Wideout Andre Johnson, safety Ed Reed and tight ends Jeremy Shockey and Kellen Winslow II were also on that team.
Thirty players from 2001 Miami started at least one NFL game, with 22 starting a full season or more. Thirteen made at least one Pro Bowl, combining for 46 trips. Four were named first-team All-Pro, combining for nine such honors. Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
USA Today
(article link includes chart of all players drafted from 2001 Miami and 2017 Alabama)
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:44 pm to paperwasp
That's why we are NFL U.
Waiting for the whiners to show up.
Waiting for the whiners to show up.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:46 pm to BIGJLAW
Wow you mean to tell me the team that has had top three recruiting classes for the past 15 years sends players to the NFL?? I’m shocked.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:47 pm to paperwasp
The big red machine shows no signs of slowing down either. It's disgusting.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:53 pm to paperwasp
There isn’t a school that can sniff Alabama’s success.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:53 pm to paperwasp
Bama has had unbelievable success, regardless of what the shitty arse NFL has to say about it.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:59 pm to hiremikeleach
This isn't about multiple classes it's about one specific class
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:00 pm to TigerLunatik
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The big red machine shows no signs of slowing down either. It's disgusting.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:01 pm to paperwasp
As much as I hate to admit it, it's not just the recruiting it's the development and exposure as well.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:03 pm to BIGJLAW
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whiners
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BIGJLAW
Checks out
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:05 pm to paperwasp
Print the mother effing shirts.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:25 pm to RollTide1987
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Print the mother effing shirts
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:32 pm to paperwasp
Yeah. Print the shirts ...... Bust U
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:40 pm to MacMan10
NO school can come close to updykes in lowest number of teeth among the fan base. Would believe they also can claim the highest number of 2nd and 3rd liens
on the single wide. roe tahd
on the single wide. roe tahd
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:40 pm to MacMan10
NO school can come close to updykes in lowest number of teeth among the fan base. Would believe they also can claim the highest number of 2nd and 3rd liens
on the single wide. roe tahd
on the single wide. roe tahd
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:41 pm to MacMan10
NO school can come close to updykes in lowest number of teeth among the fan base. Would believe they also can claim the highest number of 2nd and 3rd liens
on the single wide. roe tahd
on the single wide. roe tahd
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:42 pm to csgau
The ever elusive triple post.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:44 pm to csgau
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NO school can come close to updykes in lowest number of teeth among the fan base.
I guess you never watched an episode of Swamp People.
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