{"id":1065469,"date":"2024-04-24T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1065469"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:46:25","slug":"how-many-alabama-players-will-go-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/how-many-alabama-players-will-go-in-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Alabama Players Will Go in First Round?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p>The NFL Draft is almost here, and on Thursday night\u2019s first round, 32 lives will be forever changed in the first round of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>As is always the case, many Alabama players hope to have their name called by the commissioner on draft night. But how many Crimson Tiders will go on night one as a part of Nick Saban\u2019s final group of draftees?<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, five players from Alabama have an actual chance to be drafted in round one. As many as eight or nine will be taken overall, but only five have a real shot to hear their names on Thursday Let\u2019s tier them out into likelihood:<\/p>\n<h1>The Locks:<\/h1>\n<p>It really feels like there are only two true locks to go in the first round from Alabama and they are both from a defense that was among the nation\u2019s best in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Pass rusher Dallas Turner not only will be a first-round pick, but he has a great chance to be the first defensive player off the board in what is a offense-heavy top of the draft. Turner was the SEC\u2019s defensive player of the year and could go as high as No. 8 to the Atlanta Falcons:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dallas Turner is a monster.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost not even fair \ud83d\ude24 <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTKZexysEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/PTKZexysEQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven (@AfterHrsVideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfterHrsVideo\/status\/1734432125313581240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The other guy who feels like a true \u201clock\u201d is cornerback Terrion Arnold. Before the season, Arnold\u2019s counterpart, Kool-Aid McKinstry, was seen as a possible top-ten pick. But a stellar 2023 for Arnold pushed him over McKinstry in most mock drafts. He\u2019s a name that could find himself in the top-15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Terrion Arnold! \ud83d\udd12\ud83d\udd12\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iHJdQMlDYb\">pic.twitter.com\/iHJdQMlDYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WeAreDBnation (@WeAreDBNation1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreDBNation1\/status\/1723409903107162280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"code-block code-block-9\">The Very Likely&#8217;s:<\/h1>\n<p>For both right tackle JC Latham and cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry, not being a complete lock is probably a little bit disappointing based on what they were billed up as before 2023. And it\u2019s not that they had bad seasons by any means, but such is the nature of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Latham allowed just four sacks in three years, but concerns about his ability to translate to stardom in the NFL have moved him down some mock boards. Latham could go as high as top-15, but it wouldn\u2019t be a huge shock to see him take a bit of a fall either.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The grip strength from Alabama RT 65 JC Latham is legit. He locks on, sinks into the ground and prevents the defender from getting any closer to the QB. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ElqMRFRor\">pic.twitter.com\/3ElqMRFRor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russell Brown (@RussNFLDraft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussNFLDraft\/status\/1732767417808429174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For McKinstry, a case of prospect fatigue isn\u2019t out of the question. He simply did his job for three years and produced solid tape and likely will be a first rounder, but significantly less high than he was predicted a year ago at this time. He should go mid to late first.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great angle of Alabama CB Kool Aid McKinstry playing press coverage. Currently ranked as a Top 20 prospect on TDN\u2019s Top 100 !!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RatedProspect?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RatedProspect<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QRlUVil3j\">https:\/\/t.co\/4QRlUVil3j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Draft Network (@TheDraftNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDraftNetwork\/status\/1715827366411280813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>The Hopeful:<\/h1>\n<p>The final name that has a shot to be drafted in the first round is pass rusher Chris Braswell. Braswell just had his best season at Alabama in 2023 as a senior with 8 sacks and was named second-team All-SEC by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be a huge shock to see him drafted late on Thursday night, but early in the second round on Friday feels more likely.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Smith, Chris Braswell\u2026elite hands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j5yf8BEiUd\">pic.twitter.com\/j5yf8BEiUd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colecubelic\/status\/1716583063306596620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Other Alabama Prospects in the Draft:<\/h1>\n<p>Jermaine Burton, WR<br \/>\nJustin Eboigbe, DL<br \/>\nJase McClellan, RB<br \/>\nJaylen Key, S<br \/>\nDarrian Dalcourt, C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire) The NFL Draft is almost here, and on Thursday night\u2019s first round, 32 lives will be forever changed in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/how-many-alabama-players-will-go-in-first-round\/\" title=\"How Many Alabama Players Will Go in First Round?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1065470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147,33],"tags":[170,225,24,1165,465,86,753],"class_list":{"0":"post-1065469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news","10":"category-sec","11":"tag-alabama","12":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","13":"tag-alabama-football","14":"tag-jc-latham","15":"tag-kool-aid-mckinstry","16":"tag-nick-saban","17":"tag-terrion-arnold"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/573230902137_mtsu_at_ala.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065481,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065469\/revisions\/1065481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1065470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}