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Evan Neal: Would be 'special' to be Alabama Crimson Tide's first No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in 74 years

INDIANAPOLIS -- Alabama has had nearly 400 NFL draft picks and only one of them has done what former Crimson Tide left tackle Evan Neal has a chance to do next month: Go first overall.

Neal is among a handful of prospects -- including NC State left tackle Ikem "Ickey" Ekwonu, Michigan edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson and Oregon linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux -- that could hear their name called when the Jacksonville Jaguars open the NFL draft on April 28. If that happens it will stop Alabama's streak of not having the No.