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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama football had 14 of its former players invited to the NFL Combine, the league announced Tuesday morning.
The Crimson Tide’s group is headlined by former stars Minkah Fitzpatrick, Calvin Ridley, Da’Ron Payne and Rashaan Evans. All four are projected first-round picks.
Alabama’s other invitees include: Anthony Averett, Tony Brown, Robert Foster, Josh Frazier, Shaun Dion Hamilton, Da’Shawn Hand, Ronnie Harrison, Bo Scarbrough, JK Scott and Levi Wallace,
Fitzpatrick, Ridley, Payne, Harrison and Scarbrough were the five juniors who decided to leave school early for the draft.
Fitzpatrick won the Jim Thorpe and Chuck Bednarik awards in 2017. He finished his career as the Alabama career leader in interception returns for touchdowns with four, including a school-record two in one game against Texas A&M in 2015. This season he finished as the Tide’s fourth-leading tackler with 60 stops and added 8.0 tackles for loss (-31 yards), 1.5 sacks (-15 yards), 8 pass breakups, 3 quarterback hurries, 1 interception, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.
Harrison was the Tide’s leading tackler this season with 74 total stops. He also added 4.5 tackles for loss (-23 yards), 2.5 sacks (-18 yards), 3 interceptions and 4 pass breakups.
Payne earned Defensive MVP honors at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. He recorded an interception and a touchdown reception against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl to help seal UA’s 24-6 win over the No. 1-ranked Tigers. Payne finished 2017 with 53 tackles, one tackle for a loss (-7 yards), one sack (-7 yards), three pass breakups, a team-high 8 quarterback hurries, 1 fumble recovery and 1 interception.
Ridley ended his career as one of the top receivers in Alabama history. Ridley ranks No. 2 all-time at UA in receptions (224) and touchdown receptions (19) and third in receiving yards (2,749) and 100-yard receiving games (8). Ridley also caught at least one pass in all 43 games of his career at Alabama, which was the third-longest active streak in the NCAA at the end of the 2017 season.
Scarbrough rushed for 596 yards and 8 touchdowns on 124 carries this season and ends his career with 1,512 yards on the ground for the Tide to rank 30th on Alabama’s career rushing chart. Scarbrough’s 337 yards rushing in six College Football Playoff games is the most by a Tide back in CFP play.
The Crimson Tide’s group is headlined by former stars Minkah Fitzpatrick, Calvin Ridley, Da’Ron Payne and Rashaan Evans. All four are projected first-round picks.
Alabama’s other invitees include: Anthony Averett, Tony Brown, Robert Foster, Josh Frazier, Shaun Dion Hamilton, Da’Shawn Hand, Ronnie Harrison, Bo Scarbrough, JK Scott and Levi Wallace,
Fitzpatrick, Ridley, Payne, Harrison and Scarbrough were the five juniors who decided to leave school early for the draft.
Fitzpatrick won the Jim Thorpe and Chuck Bednarik awards in 2017. He finished his career as the Alabama career leader in interception returns for touchdowns with four, including a school-record two in one game against Texas A&M in 2015. This season he finished as the Tide’s fourth-leading tackler with 60 stops and added 8.0 tackles for loss (-31 yards), 1.5 sacks (-15 yards), 8 pass breakups, 3 quarterback hurries, 1 interception, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.
Harrison was the Tide’s leading tackler this season with 74 total stops. He also added 4.5 tackles for loss (-23 yards), 2.5 sacks (-18 yards), 3 interceptions and 4 pass breakups.
Payne earned Defensive MVP honors at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. He recorded an interception and a touchdown reception against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl to help seal UA’s 24-6 win over the No. 1-ranked Tigers. Payne finished 2017 with 53 tackles, one tackle for a loss (-7 yards), one sack (-7 yards), three pass breakups, a team-high 8 quarterback hurries, 1 fumble recovery and 1 interception.
Ridley ended his career as one of the top receivers in Alabama history. Ridley ranks No. 2 all-time at UA in receptions (224) and touchdown receptions (19) and third in receiving yards (2,749) and 100-yard receiving games (8). Ridley also caught at least one pass in all 43 games of his career at Alabama, which was the third-longest active streak in the NCAA at the end of the 2017 season.
Scarbrough rushed for 596 yards and 8 touchdowns on 124 carries this season and ends his career with 1,512 yards on the ground for the Tide to rank 30th on Alabama’s career rushing chart. Scarbrough’s 337 yards rushing in six College Football Playoff games is the most by a Tide back in CFP play.
