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Twenty Years of Alabama Drafts

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

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:

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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