{"id":1129515,"date":"2025-01-03T09:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1129515"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:19:17","slug":"jalen-milroe-declares-for-nfl-draft-and-will-leave-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/jalen-milroe-declares-for-nfl-draft-and-will-leave-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Milroe Declares For NFL Draft and Will Leave Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Ken Murray\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p>Amid much speculation, Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe has made a decision on his future, announcing via Instagram that he would be leaving Tuscaloosa and declaring for the NFL Draft:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe has declared for the 2025 NFL Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JBshZOGgeo\">pic.twitter.com\/JBshZOGgeo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sidelines &#8211; Bama (@SSN_Alabama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSN_Alabama\/status\/1874912485855412645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Milroe deciding to leave for the NFL felt like the most likely outcome throughout the season, but with late season struggles down the stretch, the idea of him returning to school for one more year was tossed around by some.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, in what is an extremely weak draft class at the quarterback position, at least on paper, Milroe chooses to take his leave now and likely the best chance to be drafted highly by a quarterback-needy team.\u00a0Milroe thanked teammates, coaches, fans, and everyone in between in his statement announcing his decision and expressed gratitude for the opportunity to play at Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>While his legacy will be complicated after two years as the starting quarterback and some extremely high highs with equally low lows, ultimately he loved the program and showed unquestioned loyalty amidst a seismic change at head coach a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>As for where he could be drafted, it\u2019s really anybody\u2019s guess. Struggling as a consistent passer along with holding onto the ball doesn\u2019t exactly breed NFL success, but there may be a team intrigued enough by his potential and athleticism to make him a Day 2 pick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(Photo by Ken Murray\/Icon Sportswire) Amid much speculation, Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe has made a decision on his future, announcing via Instagram that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/jalen-milroe-declares-for-nfl-draft-and-will-leave-alabama\/\" title=\"Jalen Milroe Declares For NFL Draft and Will Leave Alabama\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1063344,"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":[91,8,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1129515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alabama","8":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/del231007070_bama_vs_aggies.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129515","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=1129515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1129516,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129515\/revisions\/1129516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1063344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}