Nine players from Alabama were chosen in the recent NFL draft. While that is not the most ever selected in a single year, the three first round selection ties a record. Players selected in 2017 including round selected:

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Marlon Humphrey	1	CB	Baltimore	Alabama	Hoover
O.J. Howard	1	TE	Tampa Bay	Alabama	Autauga Academy
Reuben Foster	1	LB	San Francisco	Alabama	Auburn
Ryan Anderson	2	LB	Washington	Alabama	Daphne
Zach Cunningham	2	LB	Houston	Vanderbilt	Pinson Valley
ArDarius Stewart	3	WR	New York Jets	Alabama	Fultondale
Jonathan Ford	6	S	Arizonia Cardinals	Auburn	New Hope
Marquez White	6	CB	Dallas Cowboys	Florida State	Northview
Jylan Ware	7	OT	Oakland Raiders	Alabama State	Valley

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          The most players selected in any NFL draft from the state belongs to 1991 when a total of thirteen players who attended high school in Alabama were chosen. Those players include:

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Ed King	2	OG	Cleveland Browns	Auburn	Central Phenix City
Lamar Rogers	2	DE	Cincinnati Bengals	Auburn	Opp
George Thornton	2	DT	San Diego Chargers	Alabama	Jeff Davis
Lawrence Dawsey	3	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Florida State	Northview
Rob Selby	3	OT	Philadelphia Eagles	Auburn	Hoover
Darrell Malone	6	DB	Kansas City Chiefs	Jacksonville State	Jacksonville
Fernandus Vinson	7	DB	Cincinnati Bengals	North Carolina State	Carver Montgomery
James Joseph	7	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	Auburn	Central Phenix City
Leon Lett	7	DT	Dallas Cowboys	Emporia State	Fairhope
Rapier Porter	10	TE	Green Bay Packers	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Eric Ramsey	10	DB	Kansas City Chiefs	Auburn	Homewood
Byron Holdbrooks	10	DT	SanFrancisco 49ers	Alabama	Haleyville
David Gulledge	11	DB	Washington Redskins	Jacksonville State	Pell City

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          Twelve Alabama players were selected in 1986, 2000, 2005 and 2009. The three first round picks in 2017 ties the record for most in the opening round. The other years with three selections were; 1974 (Bo Matthews, Don Reese and Wilbur Jackson), 1986 (Bo Jackson, Gerald Robinson and Jon Hand), 2007 (JaMarcus Russell, Amobi Okoye and Ben Grubbs) and 2012 (Dre Kirkpatrick, Mark Barron and Courtney Upshaw).

          Georgia had the most players drafted with 29, followed by Florida with 27.

          O.J. Howard is not only the first player drafted in the first round who played football in the AISA, he is the first player ever drafted from the AISA. A couple of other players from the AISA played in the NFL but none were drafted.

          Vigor leads all team with the most players drafted with thirteen. Woodlawn and Sidney Lanier have each had eight players drafted since the initial NFL draft in 1936.