Does Jalen Milroe attending NFL Draft mean he’s a first-round pick?

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe might be one of the toughest prospects to nail down where he will be selected in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Is he a first-round pick? A second-round pick? A third-round pick?

Most predictions foresee Milroe being selected in the first two days of the NFL Draft this week in Green Bay, but that’s about all the consensus you’ll find before the draft starts Thursday in Green Bay. The first round will take place Thursday before the second and third rounds

Milroe was extended an invite to the NFL Draft, despite the uncertainty. And he accepted. Some took that to mean it’s because teams think he will be a first-round pick, but ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter pumped the brakes some Monday.

“Just because Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was invited to attend the draft in Green Bay doesn’t mean the league expects him to be picked on Thursday night,“ Schefter wrote on ESPN.com. ”The league invites players it believes have a chance to be picked high, and even some that could still be on the board on Day 2. A team of league officials reaches out to the top prospects, but that should not be confused for a projection nor with the idea that the league has any inside info.”

Schefter, based on his intel, thinks Milroe is “a potential second-round pick to a team willing to bet on his upside.”

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.