{"id":275483,"date":"2025-11-06T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275483\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:36:13","slug":"former-alabama-qb-finishes-as-top-celebrity-high-school-picker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275483\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Alabama QB finishes as top celebrity high school picker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/highschoolsports\/\" title=\"Navigate to High School Sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High School Sports<\/a>Updated: Nov. 06, 2025, 9:01 a.m.|Published: Nov. 06, 2025, 9:00 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MXDS75QP6NCV5ON7HKG7ERVDIU.jpg\"\/>Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle runs for a touchdown during an SEC game against South Carolina on Sept. 17, 2005, in Columbia, S.C.AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MPOP7DFRRREDDA44SIAYHI33AU\">It\u2019s been a minute since Brodie Croyle played high school football at Westbrook Christian, but he still knows his state and his football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6AZCF25D3RDOTJXTRESAC3HK2E\">Croyle, AL.com\u2019s first celebrity guest picker of the 2025 season, went 17-3 to record the top mark among our 11 invited guests.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Thomas is the high school managing producer for AL.com, responsible for prep coverage throughout the state of Alabama. He has been named one of the 50 Legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association and&#8230; more<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High School SportsUpdated: Nov. 06, 2025, 9:01 a.m.|Published: Nov. 06, 2025, 9:00 a.m.Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle runs for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-275483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}