The NFL Draft has been heavily populated by Nick Saban’s players going back to 2009. A total of 65 Alabama football players have been drafted from 2009 through 2017. Included in those selections have been 22, first-round picks.
The ten total picks in 2017 were an Alabama football record. Tide players may well break that record in the 2018 Draft. The Alabama Crimson Tide also had eight draft selections in 2012 and 2014 and nine selections in 2013.
The Tide record for first round picks is four
The Crimson Tide record for first-round picks is four, set in 2011 and matched in 2012 and 2017.