This year’s National Football League Draft saw its most quarterbacks (five) selected since 1983.
The University of Alabama had 10 athletes selected overall, including three in the first round.
Bryce Young, a former Crimson Tide standout, was the first quarterback taken and No. 1 overall selection of the 2023 draft. Jalen Milroe, Young’s former Alabama teammate, has an opportunity to be a high-end pick if he turns in a highly productive season in the fall at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder collected nearly 3,000 passing yards (2,834) and totaled 35 touchdowns, assisting the Tide to a Southeastern Conference Championship and College Football Playoff berth.
Milroe wants to deliver the program to a national championship, and his former teammate believes he will. Ga’Qunicy “Kool-AId” McKInstry, a cornerback, was featured on “RG3 and the Ones,” and said Milroe will be the first quarterback taken next year in the NFL Draft.”
Kool-Aid McKinstry believes @JalenMilroe will be the 1st QB taken in next year’s #NFLDraft
“I think the guy definitely gon go out this year and just go crazy. Heisman….I’m telling you bra I believe in him this much…”
Tap in #RollTide fans 📺 https://t.co/jz8IFbsr1g pic.twitter.com/OgMvHrVlPF
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 29, 2024
“I think he is definitely going to go our there and go crazy,” McKinstry said about Milroe.
“Heisman. … I am telling you, I believe in him so much. I had been telling him since we were freshmen that I believed in him enough. He is a very special guy, and I am excited to see him go out there and ball this year.”
Milroe saw McKinstry work himself into aa first-valume, despite falling to the second round.
He has a fire in him to be the first quarterback taken next year.
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Stephen M. Smith is the senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
