On Friday, four NFL teams announced the signatures of 45 unrelated recruits, and the new perspectives included eight who had played in the secondary schools and the colleges of Alabama.
Dallas’ cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks announced their unrelated recruit classes when they started their Minicamps Recrus a week after the 90th NFL recovery.
Friday, the players with the Alabama football roots who joined the NFL included:
- Auburn end tight Rivaldo Fairweather, Dallas Cowboys
- Large Oregon receiver, Tray Holden (Alabama), Dallas Cowboys
- Virginia-Western-Western TJ Jackson (Stanhope Elmore High School, Troy), Seattle Seahawks
- UCF offensive striker Amari Kight (Thompson High School, Alabama), Seattle Seahawks
- Texas A & M Cornerback BJ Mayes (UAB), Philadelphia Eagles
- Central Arkansas Running Back Shunderick Powell (North Alabama), Philadelphia Eagles
- Southern nose of the Alabama Wy’Kevious Thomas, Seattle Seahawks
- Georgia Southern Running Back Jalen White (Daleville High School), Green Bay Packers
Holden played in Alabama in 2021 and 2022, and Kight did it in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Mayes played the UAB in 2023, Jackson was in Troy from 2020 to 2024, Powell played UNA in 2021 and 2022 and Mayes played the UAB in 2023.
The eight players join 12 unrelated recruits previously announced as having accepted NFL contracts when the Falcons of Atlanta, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans and Pittsburgh Steelers announced that their free agents not repressed earlier this week. Thoss players have included:
- Kansas Cornerback Cobee Bryant (Hillcrest-Evergreen), Atlanta Falcons
- The bettor of Alabama James Burnip, the Saints of New Orleans
- Auburn Punter Oscar Chapman, Minnesota Vikings
- Auburn Austin Keys secondary, Minnesota Vikings
- Large receiver of Auburn Robert Lewis, Vikings du Minnesota
- The assistant of Auburn Dorian Mausi, the Vikings of Minnesota
- The seconds outside the south of Cal, Jamil Muhammad (James Clemens High School), Los Angeles Rams
- Bowling Green Cornerback Jordan Oladokun (Samford), Los Angeles Loaders
- Colorado Safety Cam’ron Silmon-Craig (Fultondale High School), Jacksonville Jaguars
- Jacksonville State Running Back Tre Stewart, Minnesota Vikings
- Large receiver of Memphis Roc Taylor (Oxford High School), Pittsburgh Steelers
- South Alabama Fullback DJ Thomas-Jones (Saraland High School), Pittsburgh Steelers
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Mark Inbainett is a sports journalist for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on x to @Ammarkg1.
