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Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe is entering the 2025 NFL Draft, he announced via social media Thursday. Milroe, who spent two years as Alabama’s starting quarterback, brings plenty of intrigue and upside to a relatively thin crop of high-tier quarterback prospects.
“To my teammates, my brothers, thank you for the blood, sweat, and tears we’ve shared,” Milroe wrote in his announcement. “The bonds we’ve built will last a lifetime. To Coach (Nick) Saban, thank you for believeing in me and instilling the standard of excellence in me. To Coach (Kalen) DeBoer, thank you for challenging me and helping me grow into the player and leader I am today.
“To the entire Alabama family, thank you for embracing a kid from Texas and allowing me the honor of wearing the script ‘A’. Representing this university has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Milroe’s decision comes just a couple of days after Alabama’s 19-13 loss to Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Still mulling his future, Milroe elected to play in the bowl game and made the start for the Crimson Tide. He completed just 16 of his 32 pass attempts for 192 yards and one touchdown with one interception.
That one interception was one of three turnovers that he was responsible for in the first quarter alone. Milroe was cleaner with the ball down the stretch, and he did have an impressive 40-yard rush to set up an Alabama field goal near the end of the first half. But that was the fourth time in Alabama’s last five games that Milroe failed to reach 200 yards passing.
Milroe’s Alabama career
Milroe signed with Alabama in 2021 as a four-star prospect out of Katy, Texas’ Tompkins High School. He spent his freshman season as a backup to Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and returned in…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-01-02 20:37:00
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