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He's right. Alabama has a history of not putting players in the league.
Just stop
Name em then? Name the perennial all-pro/pro-bowler produced by Alabama since Saban took over?
I can only think of Julio Jones. Other than that, you have a couple of one or two time pro-bowlers that had a great season once in awhile. The only true NFL superstar produced in the last 10 years by Alabama is Julio Jones. Interestingly our program that has been complete garbage for that same time span has also produced one superstar (Eric Berry).
Compare that to Georgia for example that has had nowhere near the success in college that Alabama has had and yet they have produced AJ Green, Justin Houston, and Geno Atkins. That's 3 perennial all-pro/pro-bowl caliber players. 2 more than Alabama.
And then we have LSU which has produced Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, Patrick Peterson, and Tyrann Mathieu. That's 4 perennial all-pro/pro-bowl caliber players. 3 more than Alabama.
Alabama has a problem producing NFL stars.
Name em then? Name the perennial all-pro/pro-bowler produced by Alabama since Saban took over?
I can only think of Julio Jones. Other than that, you have a couple of one or two time pro-bowlers that had a great season once in awhile. The only true NFL superstar produced in the last 10 years by Alabama is Julio Jones. Interestingly our program that has been complete garbage for that same time span has also produced one superstar (Eric Berry).
Compare that to Georgia for example that has had nowhere near the success in college that Alabama has had and yet they have produced AJ Green, Justin Houston, and Geno Atkins. That's 3 perennial all-pro/pro-bowl caliber players. 2 more than Alabama.
And then we have LSU which has produced Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, Patrick Peterson, and Tyrann Mathieu. That's 4 perennial all-pro/pro-bowl caliber players. 3 more than Alabama.
Alabama has a problem producing NFL stars.
I dont think the goal is to produce superstars. Not many schools produce multiple superstars repeatedly in the NFL. That gets spread around quite a bit (Brady, Rogers, Elliott, all went to different schools). Are you calling Justin Houston and Geno Atkins superstars??? Thats a big stretch. Pro Bowl doesnt equate to super stardom, just like every NBA All Star isnt Lebron or KD.
But just to destroy your ridiculous mouth breathing drivel lets use facts instead of selective reasoning and opinions.
Julio Jones AND Amari Cooper are both Pro Bowl WRs and two of the top WRs in the NFL.
You were impressed by UGA having 3 Pro Bowlers. Bama literally just broke the all time record with SIX Pro Bowlers in one year.
Alabama sets record with 6 former players picked for Pro Bowl | AL.com
Also, Alabama had 44 players on NFL rosters to start the 2017 season. Only LSU had significantly more with 51. Florida and USC were the only other teams with more than Bama with 45 each.
The goal isnt who has the most superstars. Thats dumb. But if it were the goal, Bama is at or near the top of that list anyway if youre saying Pro Bowl = Super Stardom. Again, youd be hard pressed to find a school with multiple (take that UGA nonsense outta here) future HOF players playing right now. The goal is to get your players drafted and Alabama has done that better than almost anyone else in college football. Period.
Geno Atkins has been a 5-time Pro Bowlers already and 4-time All-Pro. Justin Houston has been a 4-time Pro-Bowler already and 1-time All-Pro. They might not be superstars in the sense of being nationally known but their production is that of superstar NFL caliber.
Alabama got lucky last year with a bunch of first time pro-bowlers that have had sub-par seasons this year (Amari Cooper, Landon Collins, HaHa Clinton-Dix). They don't have the sort of consistent pro-bowlers that Justin Houston and Geno Atkins have been early in their careers.
The only Alabama player who has 4 or more Pro-Bowl selections is Julio Jones.
I dont think the goal is to produce superstars. Not many schools produce multiple superstars repeatedly in the NFL. That gets spread around quite a bit. Are you calling Justin Houston and Geno Atkins superstars??? Thats a big stretch. Pro Bowl doesnt equate to super stardom, just like every NBA All Star isnt Lebron or KD.
But just to destroy your ridiculous mouth breathing drivel lets use facts instead of selective reasoning and opinions....
Julio Jones AND Amari Cooper are both Pro Bowl WRs and two of the top WRs in the NFL.
You were impressed by UGA having 3 Pro Bowlers. Bama literally just broke the all time record in 2016 with SIX Pro Bowlers in one year. They had FIVE in 2014.
Alabama sets record with 6 former players picked for Pro Bowl | AL.com
Also, Alabama had 44 players on NFL rosters to start the 2017 season. Only LSU had significantly more with 51. Florida and USC were the only other teams with more than Bama with 45 each.
The goal isnt who has the most superstars. Thats dumb. I dont think anyone has multiple true superstars in the NFL at one time. Definitely no more than two if anyone even has two (again, not talking about all stars talking top 1-2 in the NFL at their given position). But if it were the goal, Bama is at or near the top of that list anyway if youre saying Pro Bowl = Super Stardom. Again, youd be hard pressed to find a school with multiple (take that UGA nonsense outta here) future HOF players playing right now. The goal is to get your players drafted and Alabama has done that better than almost anyone else in college football. Period.