{"id":631384,"date":"2026-04-26T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631384\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:03:09","slug":"alabama-football-2026-nfl-draft-recap-and-udfa-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631384\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Football: 2026 NFL Draft Recap and UDFA Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Well that\u2019s a wrap! Despite all of the hand-wringing, Alabama finished with 10 total players drafted, behind only Ohio State (11) for the most in college football. On top of that, the Tide was the only SEC school with multiple first round draft picks. If you missed any of them, here is the recap:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 1, pick 12 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81181\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-kadyn-proctor-drafted-12th-overall-by-the-miami-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:OT Kadyn Proctor \u2013 Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OT Kadyn Proctor \u2013 Miami Dolphins&quot;}\" class=\"link \">OT Kadyn Proctor \u2013 Miami Dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 1, pick 13 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81201\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-ty-simpson-drafted-13th-overall-by-the-los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:QB Ty Simpson \u2013 L.A. Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;QB Ty Simpson \u2013 L.A. Rams&quot;}\" class=\"link \">QB Ty Simpson \u2013 L.A. Rams<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 2, pick 47 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81257\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-germie-bernard-drafted-47th-overall-by-the-pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WR Germie Bernard \u2013 Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WR Germie Bernard \u2013 Pittsburgh Steelers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WR Germie Bernard \u2013 Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 4, pick 137 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81286\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-lt-overton-drafted-in-the-4th-round-by-the-dallas-cowboys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DL LT Overton \u2013 Dallas Cowboys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;DL LT Overton \u2013 Dallas Cowboys&quot;}\" class=\"link \">DL LT Overton \u2013 Dallas Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 5, pick 146 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81291\/81291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:C Parker Brailsford \u2013 Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;C Parker Brailsford \u2013 Cleveland Browns&quot;}\" class=\"link \">C Parker Brailsford \u2013 Cleveland Browns<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 5, pick 149 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81296\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-justin-jefferson-drafted-in-the-5th-round-by-the-cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LB Justin Jefferson \u2013 Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LB Justin Jefferson \u2013 Cleveland Browns&quot;}\" class=\"link \">LB Justin Jefferson \u2013 Cleveland Browns<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 5, pick 173 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81316\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-josh-cuevas-drafted-in-the-5th-round-by-the-baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TE Josh Cuevas \u2013 Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TE Josh Cuevas \u2013 Baltimore Ravens&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TE Josh Cuevas \u2013 Baltimore Ravens<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 6, pick 201 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81336\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-domani-jackson-drafted-in-the-6th-round-by-the-green-bay-packers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CB Domani Jackson \u2013 Green Bay Packers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;CB Domani Jackson \u2013 Green Bay Packers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">CB Domani Jackson \u2013 Green Bay Packers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 7, pick 232 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81326\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-tim-keenan-drafted-in-the-7th-round-by-the-los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DT Tim Keenan \u2013 L.A. Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;DT Tim Keenan \u2013 L.A. Rams&quot;}\" class=\"link \">DT Tim Keenan \u2013 L.A. Rams<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Round 7, pick 245 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/pros\/81331\/2026-nfl-draft-alabamas-jam-miller-drafted-in-the-7th-round-by-the-new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RB Jam Miller \u2013 New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;RB Jam Miller \u2013 New England Patriots&quot;}\" class=\"link \">RB Jam Miller \u2013 New England Patriots<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">All in all, it was a big day three for Alabama after a slow day two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With the draft over, the undrafted free agent frenzy begins (seriously, if you think the draft is crazy, some the stories I\u2019ve heard from NFL GMs about what happens right after it trying to convince all of the UDFAs to go places are pure chaos). Thus far, here\u2019s the Alabama players who went out for the draft and didn\u2019t get drafted, but have signed on with NFL squads:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">OL <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/players\/327327\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaeden Roberts;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jaeden Roberts&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaeden Roberts<\/a> \u2013 <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/philadelphia\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Eagles;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Philadelphia Eagles&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LB <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/players\/322238\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deontae Lawson;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Deontae Lawson&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deontae Lawson<\/a> \u2013 Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LB Nikhai Hill-Green \u2013 L.A. Rams<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">OL Kam Dewberry \u2013 <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Falcons;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Atlanta Falcons&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DB DaShawn Jones \u2013 <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Orleans Saints&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Saints<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So far, OL Geno VanDeMark, punter Blake Doud, running back Dre Washington, and tight end Brody Dalton are still looking for teams. I think VanDeMark will likely find his way onto a team, but the other three probably will not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It was also a decent day for some former Tide players. who transferred elsewhere in their careers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">S \u2013 <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/players\/404384\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Caleb Downs;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Caleb Downs&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Downs<\/a> (Ohio State) \u2013 1st round, pick 11 \u2013 Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">WR- Kendrick Law (Kentucky) \u2013 5th round, pick 168 \u2013 <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/detroit\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Detroit Lions&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And that\u2019s pretty much it for this year! Hopefully we will see many of these names popping up across the NFL for years to come. Roll Tide to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well that\u2019s a wrap! Despite all of the hand-wringing, Alabama finished with 10 total players drafted, behind only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[1214,1276,64,63,631,305850,133465,1238,1234,257754,3055,253169,51244,235192,255676,1243,305851,305852,17456,60927,116267,1250,257685,1233,1231,1249,593,3373,1260,1241,1254,85,76895],"class_list":{"0":"post-631384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-baltimore-ravens","13":"tag-c-parker-brailsford","14":"tag-caleb-downs","15":"tag-cleveland-browns","16":"tag-dallas-cowboys","17":"tag-deontae-lawson","18":"tag-detroit-lions","19":"tag-domani-jackson","20":"tag-first-round-draft-picks","21":"tag-gary-cosby-jr","22":"tag-germie-bernard","23":"tag-green-bay-packers","24":"tag-indoor-practice-facility","25":"tag-jaeden-roberts","26":"tag-justin-jefferson","27":"tag-kadyn-proctor","28":"tag-l-a-rams","29":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","30":"tag-lt-overton","31":"tag-miami-dolphins","32":"tag-new-england-patriots","33":"tag-new-orleans-saints","34":"tag-nfl","35":"tag-ohio-state","36":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","37":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","38":"tag-seattle-seahawks","39":"tag-sports","40":"tag-ty-simpson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}