Bold move by Trent Dilfer and his UAB Football players. Read it in the Lede.
al.com/sports/2024/05…

On May 2, 1999, Nike’s “Chicks Dig The Long Ball” Commercial with Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux first aired.

(via YouTube/The Bricks & Ivy Archive)

NEXT!!!

Folks were making jokes about Jamaal Charles struggling to read at the draft yesterday but they clearly didn’t know.

This was his speech at the Special Olympics talking about his struggles…

Total NFL Draft picks:

Alabama 10
Auburn 5
Troy 2
UAB 1
Plus 9 more guys who either played HS ball here or transferred to a college out of state.

Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Guess we're not just a basketball state.

And to us too!

Congrats, Jaylen Key ✈️

Seahawks make CB Nehemiah Pritchett the first Auburn Football draftee. Rd 5, Pick 1. Tigers will not be shut out of the draft after Hugh Freeze's first season, unlike Alabama in 2008 after Nick Saban's debut.

Expect this draft to be Auburn's floor under Freeze.

Washington offense ...

• QB Michael Penix, 8th overall, Falcons.
• WR Rome Odunze, 9th overall, Bears.
• OT Troy Fautanu, 20th overall, Steelers.
• WR Ja'Lynn Polk, 37th overall, Pats.
• OT Roger Rosengarten, 62nd overall, Ravens.
• WR Jalen McMillan, 92nd overall, Bucs.

SEC picks through 3 rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft:

ALA. 6
UGA 6
LSU. 4
MIZ. 3
TAMU 2
UK. 2
UF. 1
SC. 1

TOTAL. 25

First time since 2012 that Auburn Football did not have a player drafted in the first three rounds. Tigers had one selection that year: offensive lineman Brandon Mosley in the fourth round.

NEWS: Alabama transfer guard Rylan Griffen has committed to Kansas, he tells On3.

The 6-6 sophomore averaged 11.2 PPG this season. Shot nearly 40% from three.

on3.com/transfer-porta…

Some of you must have missed this one:

Why start with 2009? That was the first draft in which an Alabama Football player under Nick Saban was selected. Seems fitting since he just retired.

AuburnGreek1 Kevin Scarbinsky Auburn Football

Last nugget for tonight. SEC 1st-round NFL Draft picks since 2009:

ALA.........47
UGA........24
LSU..........21
UF............20
TAMU......10
MIZ............9
MISS ST....7
SCAR.........7
TENN.........7
AUB...........6
MISS.........6
UK.............3
ARK...........2
VANDY......0

SEC again leads all conferences with 11 first-round draft picks.

ALA 3
LSU 3
UGA 2
UF 1
MIZZOU 1
SC 1

FYI the official Auburn Football account has not posted about Bo Nix so far tonight.

A call Bo Nix will forever remember.

Bo Nix 🤝 Denver Broncos

#ProDucks

FWIW
Databases like Pro Football Reference list Jalen Hurts as a draft pick from Oklahoma, not Alabama.

Fun fact: Auburn had 4 first-round draft picks in 2005, 3 of them offensive skill players: RB Ronnie Brown (No. 2 overall), RB Carnell Williams (No. 5) and QB Jason Campbell (No. 25).

Since ...

7 first-rounders
1 QB
2 OL
2 DL
1 LB
1 CB