DeVonta Smith #6 (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Can you believe, before the Philadelphia Eagles drafted DeVonta Smith in Round 1 and Landon Dickerson in Round 2 of the most recent NFL Draft, that they hadn’t taken a single player from the Alabama Crimson Tide’s football program since 2002? It seems ridiculous when you think about it, but it’s true.
That draft choice was Marvin McNutt just in case some of you were drawing a blank. He was a sixth-round draft choice in 2012 that wound up appearing in four games, and with that, Philly’s decision to ignore one of the NCAA’s elite football programs for the next eight drafts was made.