Another year, another NFL Draft where an Alabama football player heard his name called in the first round.

Tyler Booker kept the Crimson Tide’s first-round streak alive Thursday in Green Bay, extending it to a record 17 years. The Dallas Cowboys selected the guard with the 12th overall pick in 2025.

No other program is close to Alabama’s 17 consecutive drafts with a first-round pick. The next closest is Ohio State with nine consecutive years.

The streak started in 2009 when the Cincinnati Bengals selected offensive lineman Andre Smith.

Booker spent three seasons with the Crimson Tide, first seeing game action as a freshman in 2022. Then he became a starter at guard in 2023 and that continued in 2024 when he became a team captain.

Booker also marks the first Alabama first-round pick for coach Kalen DeBoer; all of the previous years in the streak happened under Nick Saban. Booker played for both coaches during his time with the Cris

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