Twenty Years of Alabama Drafts

by Chase Stuart on April 15, 2018

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Over the last 20 drafts, there have been 101 players selected from the University of Alabama:

Year	Rnd	Pick	Player	Pos	Tm	CarAV	Value
2011	1	3	Marcell Dareus	DT	BUF	49	27.6
2012	1	3	Trent Richardson	RB	CLE	17	27.6
2000	1	3	Chris Samuels	T	WAS	63	27.6
2015	1	4	Amari Cooper	WR	OAK	24	25.8
2011	1	6	Julio Jones	WR	ATL	77	23.2
2009	1	6	Andre Smith	T	CIN	42	23.2
2012	1	7	Mark Barron	DB	TAM	29	22.2
2010	1	8	Rolando McClain	LB	OAK	26	21.4
2013	1	9	Dee Milliner	DB	NYJ	6	20.6
2013	1	10	Chance Warmack	G	TEN	21	19.9
2013	1	11	D.J. Fluker	T	SDG	31	19.3
2017	1	16	Marlon Humphrey	CB	BAL	3	16.9
2014	1	17	C.J. Mosley	LB	BAL	47	16.6
2012	1	17	Dre Kirkpatrick	DB	CIN	23	16.6
2017	1	17	Jonathan Allen	DE	WAS	2	16.6
2016	1	18	Ryan Kelly	C	IND	12	16.2
2017	1	19	O.J. Howard	TE	TAM	3	15.8
2000	1	19	Shaun Alexander	RB	SEA	70	15.8
2010	1	20	Kareem Jackson	DB	HOU	36	15.5
2014	1	21	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	DB	GNB	24	15.2
2012	1	25	Dont'a Hightower	LB	NWE	41	14.1
2011	1	25	James Carpenter	T	SEA	37	14.1
1999	1	26	Fernando Bryant	DB	JAX	37	13.9
2011	1	28	Mark Ingram	RB	NOR	46	13.4
2017	1	31	Reuben Foster	LB	SFO	5	12.7
2006	2	33	DeMeco Ryans	LB	HOU	58	12.3
2015	2	33	Landon Collins	SS	NYG	25	12.3
2017	2	34	Cam Robinson	T	JAX	8	12.1
2012	2	35	Courtney Upshaw	LB	BAL	25	12
2015	2	36	T.J. Yeldon	RB	JAX	14	11.8
2016	2	41	Reggie Ragland	ILB	BUF	5	11
2000	2	42	Cornelius Griffin	DT	NYG	59	10.8
2006	2	43	Roman Harper	DB	NOR	48	10.6
2014	2	44	Cyrus Kouandjio	T	BUF	7	10.5
2016	2	45	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN	10	10.4
2016	2	46	A'Shawn Robinson	DT	DET	11	10.2
2004	2	46	Justin Smiley	G	SFO	30	10.2
2016	2	49	Jarran Reed	DT	SEA	10	9.8
2017	2	49	Ryan Anderson	OLB	WAS	1	9.8
2010	2	50	Javier Arenas	DB	KAN	8	9.7
1998	2	54	Rod Rutledge	TE	NWE	2	9.2
2017	2	55	Dalvin Tomlinson	DT	NYG	7	9.1
2001	2	56	Tony Dixon	DB	DAL	9	9
2004	2	57	Antwan Odom	DE	TEN	23	8.9
2010	2	57	Terrence Cody	DT	BAL	14	8.9
2016	2	60	Cyrus Jones	CB	NWE	1	8.5
2013	2	61	Eddie Lacy	RB	GNB	36	8.4
2002	3	69	Saleem Rasheed	LB	SFO	4	7.6
2016	3	73	Kenyan Drake	RB	MIA	8	7.3
2009	3	74	Glen Coffee	RB	SFO	2	7.2
2017	3	78	Tim Williams	OLB	BAL	1	6.9
2009	3	77	Antoine Caldwell	G	HOU	11	6.9
2017	3	79	ArDarius Stewart	WR	NYJ	1	6.8
2005	3	79	Evan Mathis	G	CAR	44	6.8
2001	3	81	Kenny Smith	DT	NOR	8	6.6
2006	3	85	Brodie Croyle	QB	KAN	2	6.3
2009	3	95	Rashad Johnson	DB	ARI	24	5.6
2010	3	98	Mike Johnson	G	ATL	2	5.4
1998	4	100	Michael Myers	DT	DAL	34	5.3
2013	4	99	Nico Johnson	LB	KAN	3	5.3
2015	4	108	Jalston Fowler	FB	TEN	0	4.8
2003	4	109	Jarret Johnson	DE	BAL	54	4.7
2017	4	112	Eddie Jackson	S	CHI	7	4.6
2015	4	112	Arie Kouandjio	G	WAS	4	4.6
2013	4	113	Barrett Jones	G	STL	1	4.5
1998	4	117	Deshea Townsend	DB	PIT	39	4.3
1998	4	122	Curtis Alexander	RB	DEN		4
2014	4	123	Kevin Norwood	WR	SEA	1	4
2013	5	137	Jesse Williams	DT	SEA		3.3
2012	5	136	Josh Chapman	NT	IND	8	3.3
2007	4	137	Le'Ron McClain	RB	BAL	13	3.3
2003	5	141	Kenny King	DE	ARI	1	3.1
2003	5	145	Kindal Moorehead	DT	CAR	14	2.9
2012	5	146	DeQuan Menzie	DB	KAN	0	2.9
2002	5	149	Jason McAddley	WR	ARI	4	2.7
2002	5	155	Terry Jones	TE	BAL	5	2.5
2001	5	156	Shawn Draper	T	MIA		2.4
2013	5	157	Quinton Dial	DE	SFO	16	2.4
2006	5	158	Charlie Peprah	DB	NYG	11	2.4
2006	5	159	Mark Anderson	DE	CHI	21	2.3
2014	5	160	Ed Stinson	DE	ARI	5	2.3
2002	5	162	Freddie Milons	WR	PHI		2.2
2014	5	164	A.J. McCarron	QB	CIN	3	2.1
2005	5	164	Wesley Britt	T	SDG	3	2.1
2014	5	167	Vinnie Sunseri	DB	NOR	0	2
2004	6	171	Triandos Luke	WR	DEN	0	1.9
2014	6	177	Jeoffrey Pagan	DE	HOU	1	1.6
2005	6	178	Anthony Bryant	DT	TAM	2	1.6
2003	6	202	Waine Bacon	DB	ATL	1	0.8
2011	7	208	Greg McElroy	QB	NYJ	1	0.6
2013	7	211	Michael Williams	TE	DET	0	0.5
2010	7	211	Marquis Johnson	DB	STL	0	0.5
2004	7	222	Derrick Pope	LB	MIA	10	0.2
2003	7	235	Ahmaad Galloway	RB	DEN		0
2010	7	247	Brandon Deaderick	DE	NWE	9	0
2015	7	228	Austin Shepherd	T	MIN	1	0
2015	7	253	Xzavier Dickson	OLB	NWE		0
2012	7	247	Brad Smelley	TE	CLE	0	0
2007	7	246	Kenneth Darby	RB	TAM	4	0
2007	7	255	Ramzee Robinson	DB	DET	1	0
2005	7	235	Cornelius Wortham	LB	SEA	1	0

You won’t be surprised to see that Baltimore, run by Alabama alum Ozzie Newsome, leads the way with 8 draft picks and 71.8 points of draft value. Although from 1995 to 2009 Newsome never drafted a player from the Crimson Tide with a top-100 pick.

Perhaps more surprising is the lack of selection from teams in Pennsylvania. Since 1998, both the Eagles and Steelers have drafted just one player from the University of Alabama, and along with the Cowboys, those three teams are the only franchises not to select a Crimson Tide player in the last 15 drafts:

Team	Picks	Value	Last
BAL	8	71.8	2017
WAS	4	58.6	2017
BUF	3	49.1	2016
OAK	2	47.2	2015
SEA	6	47	2016
TEN	4	44	2016
CIN	3	41.9	2014
SFO	5	40.1	2017
TAM	4	39.6	2017
JAX	3	37.8	2017
HOU	4	36.3	2014
NYG	4	34.6	2017
NOR	4	32.6	2014
NWE	5	31.8	2016
ATL	3	29.4	2011
NYJ	3	28	2017
CLE	2	27.6	2012
KAN	4	24.2	2013
GNB	2	23.6	2014
SDG	2	21.4	2013
IND	2	19.5	2016
DAL	2	14.3	2001
ARI	4	13.7	2014
DET	3	10.7	2016
MIA	3	9.9	2016
CAR	2	9.7	2005
CHI	2	6.9	2017
DEN	3	5.9	2004
STL	2	5	2013
PIT	1	4.3	1998
PHI	1	2.2	2002
MIN	1	0	2015

Far-away teams in Seattle, Massachussets, and San Francisco join the Ravens as the only teams with 5+ Alabama players in the last 20 drafts. Geographically, the Jaguars, Falcons, Panthers, Titans, Saints, and Bucs, and Tennessee and Tampa Bay have been the most ‘Bama-heavy’ of that group. There will be another handful of Crimson Tide stars selected this month, with the Ravens frequently mocked as going in on another Alabama player in wide receiver Calvin Ridley.

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