Lets quickly recap the 7 top 50 picks on that Alabama team and how exactly they've lived up to their draft billing:

Let's dive in. https://twitter.com/skinzfantrav/status/1385083584831098887
Jerry Jeudy - Solid rookie season and yet the fantasy community is not sold. ADP Face Planter. Bad Sophomore comps. Hard pass for me.
Henry Ruggs - Finished 4th on the Raiders in receiving behind Darren Waller and wunderkinds Nelson Agholor and HUNTER RENFROW.

But yeah, I guess it was Alabama holding him back in college.
Irv Smith Jr, the Tight End, out produced Devonta Smith that year. he had 710 receiving yards.

In two years in the NFL he has accumulated 676 yards. Total.

Noah Fant nearly had that as a rookie.

But Irv was held back by Kyle Rudolph's 367 and 334 yards the past two years. 🤷‍♂️
Josh Jacobs has gone on to be an effective 3 down back in the NFL... except for that whole pass catching thing they wont let him do.

But maybe that's just a Raiders thing, they draft players from Alabama and then refuse to give them the ball.
He had 166 receiving yards as a rookie and then 238 last year. For a combined 404 yards.

Jalen Richard had 461 over that span, so I guess Jacobs was just held back by superior players yet again. Funny these Alabama guys keep getting held back by their teammates wherever they go.
Im assuming Alabama Stan Trav ( @skinzfantrav) was including Damien Harris in his 7 players drafted in the top 50...

In two years in the NFL Harris has accumulated.... 52 yards receiving.

Yup, really beginning to see why Devonta put up half the yardage that Jeudy did that year
In their NFL careers so far we have:

Jeudy - 856 receiving yards
Ruggs - 452
Irv - 676
Jacobs - 404
Harris - 52

Total NFL receiving yards - 2,440 in 8 seasons.

2440/8 = 305 receiving yards per NFL season.

Maybe the NFL got it wrong?
Interesting to note that the ONE guy that truly dominated at a young age is Jerry Jeudy and so far is the only one of those 7 top 50 picks that has shown signs of life in the NFL in the receiving yards department.
It just dawned on me that the 7th top 50 pick was probably Najee Harris not Damien Harris which would make more sense

Except Najee accounted for 7 receiving yards

That is 9 less than Jalen Hurts (the backup Quarterback) had on the season

But maybe Najee held back Devonta
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