Some of the leading potential customers in college football are moving from Alabama to the pros. Edge rush Will Anderson Jr., running back Jahmyr Gibbs and quarterback Bryce Young revealed their intents to get in the 2023 NFL Draft throughout a Monday interview at the school’s athletic center. The trio assisted lead the Crimson Tide to a 45-20 Sugar Bowl win over Kansas State on Saturday in the last college video game for each. Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, has actually had a respected profession. He’s the only quarterback in Alabama history to toss for 3,000-plus backyards in 2 seasons and owns the school record for single-season passing lawns (4,872) and goals (47 ), both embeded in 2021. This season, Young tossed for 3,328 lawns and 32 TDs in 3 less video games than he played last season. Young supported 2021 first-rounder Mac Jones throughout Alabama’s champion season in 2020, seeing minimal action in 7 video games. He leaves the Tide with a profession TD-INT ratio of 80:12. His size– noted as 6-foot, 194 pounds by the school– might be a talking point leading up to this year’s draft (April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri). The tiniest current first-round quarterback was the Cardinals’ Kyler Murray, who determined 5-10 1/8 and 207 pounds at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine. Anderson led the FBS in sacks in 2021 with 17.5 and followed that up with 10 more sacks in 2022, in addition to a pick-six. He completes his Crimson Tide profession with 62 deals with for loss and 34.5 sacks over 3 seasons (41 video games). The 6-4, 243-pound (school measurements) linebacker was mostly a pass rush for Nick Saban’s defense– and among the very best Saban has actually ever had at Alabama– however has actually revealed he can hang back into protection and be a quality run protector, too. If there’s a constant knock versus Anderson, it’s that he’s left some meat on the bone with missed out on takes on. PFF has actually credited him with 36 missed out on takes on, balancing almost one per video game, in his profession. In 2022 alone, Anderson had 14 missed out on takes on, per PFF. With his pass-rush juice and pro-ready athletic qualities, Anderson is an extremely desirable skill. NFL.com expert Daniel Jeremiah compared him to the Bills’ Von Miller after studying 3 of his video game tapes from the 2021 season. Gibbs shares some abilities with the Saints’ Alvin Kamara and looks a fair bit like him when running or capturing the ball. He’s a little smaller sized than Kamara, Gibbs has the kind of three-down ability set that might be really luring to NFL groups. He moved from Georgia Tech prior to this season, signing up profession highs in rush lawns (926 ), lawns per bring (6.1) and hurrying TDs (7), likewise capturing 44 passes for 444 backyards and 3 ratings. As underclassmen (all 3 gamers are third-year juniors), they have till Jan. 16 to renounce their staying college football eligibility by sending composed alert to the NFL.
Alabama’s Bryce Young, Will Anderson Jr., Jahmyr Gibbs reveal they mean to go into 2023 NFL Draft
