Sports Writer
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 11:49 p.m.
To categorize Nick Saban's University of Alabama football program an unqualified success in how it translates to the NFL Draft might still be a bit of an understatement.
Facts
NFL Draft
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Where: Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago
Rounds: ufffdRound 1 (Thursday)
Rounds 2-3 (Friday)
Rounds 4-7 (Saturday)
TV: ESPN/ NFL Network
By almost any metric used, and there are several, the program's rank as the country's top talent producer is secure: A total of 41 draft picks selected since 2007, 16 first-round picks chosen, including 15 in the previous five drafts which is more than double of any other school during that time and a combined 17 underclassmen sent to the NFL.