The 2018 NFL draft closed the book on Alabama's 2013 recruiting class.
As a group, they contributed to 64 victories (with only seven losses), three SEC championships, four College Football Playoff berths and two national titles. And they might just be getting started.
As we first noted in this space a year ago, the Crimson Tide's 2013 signees had a chance to surpass their legendary 2008 brethren in terms of NFL draft success, at least by volume. They did.
Alabama's 2008 signing class had 10 players drafted by NFL teams. The 2013 class had 11.