Since Nick Saban’s arrival to Tuscaloosa in 2007, Alabama has not only become a team that has created a dynasty winning national championships, but it also has become a program that sends players to the NFL every year.
With the 2020 NFL Draft happening in less than a month, it’s the perfect time to start a new series in which we will go over all of the Tide’s 29 first-round draft picks. The first player we went over was Andre Smith, who finished his career at Alabama with 15 awards and honors and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals as the No. 6 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. The second player we went over was former Alabama star linebacker Rolando McClain who would not only win many incredible awards while at Alabama, but was drafted by Oakland Raiders as the No. 8 pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
This time, we will be focusing on another former Alabama football star, Kareem Jackson.
3 of 29 – Kareem Jackson (‘10)@ReemBoi25 #29andCounting #BamaFactor pic.twitter.com/xIZCocPxml
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) March 27, 2020
As a true freshman, Jackson started in 12 of 13 games for Alabama while ranking second among the team with 3 interceptions. He also recorded 66 tackles in 2007.
As a sophomore, he recorded 44, including 28 solo, as well as ten pass breakups on the year, and 1 interception.
Finally, in 2009, he started in all 14 games and had 49 tackles. He also had one interception and broke up 13 passes during the Tide’s 2009 national championship season.
Jackson would go on to be drafted by the Houston Texans as the No 20 overall pick in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He would play for the Texans from 2010-2018 where he would record an impressive 16 interceptions, 558 tackles (91 assists) and 2 sacks.
In 2019, Jackson signed a three-year $33 million deal with the Denver Broncos. Last season, he had 71 tackles (23 assisted) and 2 interceptions.
This next season for Jackson will be exciting to watch!
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