Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesNFL teams selected 44 Alabama players in the first round of the NFL draft from 2009 to 2023, including 26 since 2017.
That's no surprise, with the Crimson Tide standing as college football's most dominant team during in the Nick Saban era, which just ended after his retirement following 17 seasons.
This year's B/R NFL Scouting Department big board lists four Alabama players in its top 15 alone: cornerback Terrion Arnold, edge-rusher Dallas Turner, offensive tackle JC Latham and cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry.
Arnold, a playmaking cornerback out of Tallahassee, Florida, earned first-team All-American honors last year. He finished 2023 with 12 pass breakups and five interceptions. B/R NFL Scout Cory Giddings compared him to Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs. Arnold found a home with the Detroit Lions at No. 24.
Turner, who hails from St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, earned consensus All-American and SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. His highlights include 28 solo tackles and 10 sacks last year. Turner went to the Minnesota Vikings, who traded up from No. 23 to No. 17 to get him.
Latham, who arrived in Alabama out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, allowed just two sacks over his two seasons at the team's starting right tackle in 2022 and 2023, per Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire. He was the first Alabama player off the board at seventh to the Tennessee Tians.
McKinstry, who was born and raised in Alabama, also earned first-team All-American honors. He's amassed 22 pass breakups over his past two seasons, including 15 in 2022. Giddings compared him to New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore. McKinstry slipped out of Round 1 but didn't wait long on Day 2, going 41st to the New Orleans Saints.
But they aren't the only Crimson Tide players headed to the NFL. Here's a look at where all the Alabama players are winding up.
Alabama Draft Prospect List
OT JC Latham: Tennessee Titans (Round 1, Pick 7)
S Jaylen Key: New York Jets (Round 7, Pick 257)
RB Jase McClellan: Atlanta Falcons (Round 6, Pick 186)
K Will Reichard: Minnesota Vikings (Round 6, Pick 203)
DT Justin Eboigbe
C Darrian Dalcourt
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