re: Does Jacoby stay or leave after this season?

He will leave

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There haven’t been a “ton” of juniors go undrafted. There is still good money to made in the later rounds coming back doesn’t ensure a higher draft position.

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Good money compared to one more year and three rounds earlier?

There are a ton of guys on this list. That should have stayed another year.

9 guys since 1990 who left early went undrafted that’s not a ton. Where is this guarantee that coming back will raise draft stock. For some guys it will for others it won’t. Suppose a guy has a great junior year his stock may never be that high again.

Jacoby might be the most important recruit O needs to have come back for senior year.

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9 guys since 1990 who left early went undrafted that’s not a ton. Where is this guarantee that coming back will raise draft stock. For some guys it will for others it won’t. Suppose a guy has a great junior year his stock may never be that high again.

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I get that some might not have a choice.

But how about that malachi dupree 7th round selection? You cant tell me another year wouldnt have helped.

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I think for sure you lose


CEH
Jefferson
Delpit
Chaisson
Cushenberry
Charles
Phillips
Moss


Then Stevens, Queen, Shelvin & Ed Ingram are guys is Keep an eye on

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Man that really feels like a doomsday scenario on the OL. It would surprise me if Ingram left considering he’s only started two games since 2017. But if all of these guys left, we would lose:

C - Lloyd Cushenberry (early entrant)
G - Damien Lewis (senior)
G - Ed Ingram (early entrant)
G - Adrian Magee (senior)
T - Badara Traore (senior)
T - Saahdiq Charles (early entrant)

That would leave Deculus and Hines as our only returning OL with starting experience, and Hines would most likely be at a new position (center). I know it has to happen eventually, but it still sucks. On the bright side, we’ve got some underclassmen with upside. Just hard to see how OL play doesn’t decline next year unless we keep at least 1-2 of the potential early entrants.

Of your list, only the top 4 and maybe Moss would be wise to leave. The rest of the guys would do themselves a favor to stay another year and try to build their stock.

Those four, fulton and moss. I could see cush rolling out. We will obviously have attrition on the d line due to our seniors. There were rumors floating around that shelvin was gonna stay for his degree. He is a case that will be interesting to watch. He has had a very good year, but still may be round 3 or 4. Top 4 rounds are garunteed money, i think this cutoff will play a big roll in these juniors decisions.

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If we win the NC

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I doubt that has anything to do with it. These are mostly guys who will be very poor or very rich. They are not letting sentimental rah-rah bullshite affect their decision. And the NFL doesn’t give a rat’s arse if they win a national championship[.

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First rounders should be the only early entries. This is Saban's philosophy and he is correct.

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And if this is Saban’s philosophy it total BS.

First of all there’s only 32 teams and what I know is that teams who draft in the second round now consider those picks almost like first rounders... Next, evaluations are flawed sometimes which means some of the players that are projected in the early rounds don’t pan out...
Finally, think about it for a sec... how many rounds are there aside from the first? That’s right 6... So do the math percentages on how many more players will hit than miss according to that many players...