Alabama linebacker Mack Wilson will enter the NFL Draft, according to Matt Zenitz of AL.com. Wilson joins fellow Crimson Tide standouts Jonah Williams, Quinnen Williams, Josh Jacobs, Irv Smith, Saivion Smith, and Deionte Thompson in this year’s class, leaving the program with lots of big shoes to fill.
Wilson finished with 71 tackles, five tackles for a loss, one sack, and two interceptions in his junior season. He’s widely considered to be one of the best inside linebackers in this year’s class and has a real shot at becoming a first-round pick.
“It has been an amazing three years at the University of Alabama, competing for three national championships and winning one,” Wilson wrote on social media.
ESPN’s Todd McShay lists Wilson as the No. 3 inside linebacker in the draft. Matt Miller of Bleacher Report has him in the same place – he sees him at the third best ILB in this year’s crop behind only LSU’s Devin White and Michigan’s Devin Bush and believes him to be the best run-stopping LB of the whole group.
Roll Tide! Boy bout to be a beast in the NFL
Would love to see him go to the Pats, athletic, sideline to sideline speed something the defense needs
Browns need linebackers.
Looked gassed in the National Championship, looked pretty good vs Oklahoma though.
Jonah Williams looked like hot garbage vs Clemson. He probably cost himself at least 10+ draft spots with that performance. OL is a weak spot in this draft too, so he still likely ends up in the back half of the 1st.
They were gassed second half vs Oklahoma….Clemson saw the weakness Oklahoma exposed except used it all game. (And Clemson has a defense that could stop someone as well on the other side of the ball.)