Honestly? Nick Saban didn’t expect Jerry Jeudy to still be sitting there at No. 15, either.
“I actually thought Jerry might be the first receiver picked in the draft,” the venerated Alabama coach said Thursday in a Zoom interview. “We were happy to see our other guy, (Henry) Ruggs, picked as well. They were both fine players.”
The first wideout selected in the 2020 NFL draft turned out to be Ruggs, Jeudy’s Alabama teammate, who got plucked by the Raiders at No. 12. Tampa Bay and San Francisco went with offensive tackle and defensive tackle at picks 13 and 14, respectively, and the rest is history.