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Alabama has produced 17 NFL Draft first-round picks since Nick Saban took over the program in 2007.
That’s an eye-popping number that is expected to grow considerably on Thursday night.
On Sunday, Alabama’s football staff posted a mesmerizing graphic depicting all 17 of those guys and titled it the “Saban Seventeen.”
Check it out:
https://twitter.com/CrimsonTide_FB/status/724301903325061121
Here’s the complete list of Alabama first-rounders under Saban:
- OT Andre Smith (2009)
- LB Rolando McClain (2010)
- CB Kareem Jackson (2010)
- DT Marcell Dareus (2011)
- WR Julio Jones (2011)
- OT James Carpenter (2011)
- RB Mark Ingram (2011)
- RB Trent Richardson (2012)
- S Mark Barron (2012)
- CB Dre Kirkpatrick (2012)
- LB Dont’a Hightower (2012)
- CB Dee Milliner (2013)
- OG Chance Warmack (2013)
- OT D.J. Fluker (2013)
- LB C.J. Mosley (2014)
- S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2014)
- WR Amari Cooper (2015)
The Crimson Tide could add as many as five players to that graphic when the NFL holds its 2016 draft later in the week.
LB Reggie Ragland, DL Jarran Reed, DL A’Shawn Robinson, C Ryan Kelly and RB Derrick Henry are each considered potential first-round selections.
If all five were to be selected on Thursday, it would be the first time that five Crimson Tide players went in the first round of the draft in the Saban era.
There were four first-rounders in both the 2012 and 2013 draft classes.
Who is ready to make the “Saban Twenty-two” graphic?
Nick Cole is a former print journalist with several years of experience covering the SEC. Born and raised in SEC country, he has taken in the game-day experience at all 14 stadiums.
