Alabama didn’t just show up in the NFL’s Top 100 Players of 2026 - it led the whole country.
The Crimson Tide landed eight players on the player-voted list, the most of any school, continuing a run that has made Alabama a constant presence in the league’s annual rankings. For the past 15 years, Tide standouts have been regulars in the “Top 100 NFL Players” release, and this year was no different.
The Alabama group on the list starts near the top and runs deep through the rankings. Jahmyr Gibbs comes in at No.
9, Pat Surtain II is No. 10, Will Anderson Jr. checks in at No. 12 and Derrick Henry is No.
- Xavier McKinney lands at No.
70, Josh Jacobs is No. 75, Bryce Young appears at No. 98 and Jalen Hurts is listed at No. 56 with Alabama/Oklahoma.
The NFL’s list of the first 10 players to miss the cut also included two more Alabama products: Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams at No. 106 and safety Brian Branch at No. 108.
The top six will be unveiled over the next week, but the rest of the rankings already show how heavily college football’s biggest brands are represented. Among the players still waiting on their spots are Josh Allen of Wyoming, Myles Garrett of Texas A&M, Christian McCaffrey of Stanford, Bijan Robinson of Texas, Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Ohio State and Matthew Stafford of Georgia.
A handful of other college programs placed multiple players in the top 100 as well, with schools like Georgia, LSU, USC, Oklahoma, Florida State, Mississippi State, Wisconsin, Iowa and others scattered throughout the list. Christian Gonzalez is listed with Colorado/Oregon, Caleb Williams with USC and the note that he “claims USC over Oklahoma,” while Jalen Hurts is one of the players with more than one school attached.
Here’s the full top 100, which includes Alabama’s eight representatives and the rest of the league’s best as voted by the players themselves:
- Puka Nacua, BYU
- Micah Parsons, Penn State
- Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
- Pat Surtain II, Alabama
- Drake Maye, North Carolina
- Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
- Trey McBride, Colorado State
- Brian Burns, Florida State
- Derrick Henry, Alabama
- Ja'Marr Chase, LSU
- Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
- Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
- Justin Jefferson, LSU
- James Cook, Georgia
- Sam Darnold, USC
- Amon-Ra St.
Brown, USC
23.
Danielle Hunter, LSU
24.
Maxx Crosby, Eastern Michigan
25.
Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
26.
De'Von Achane, Texas A&M
27.
Devin Lloyd, Utah
28.
Christian Gonzalez, Colorado/Oregon
29.
Jalen Carter, Georgia
30.
Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan
31.
Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
32.
Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
33.
Jared Goff, California
34.
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
35.
Jared Verse, Florida State
36.
George Pickens, Georgia
37.
Penei Sewell, Oregon
38.
Cooper DeJean, Iowa
39.
Justin Herbert, Oregon
40.
Trent Williams, Oklahoma
41.
T.J. Watt, Wisconsin
- Garett Bolles, Utah
- Chris Jones, Mississippi State
- Joe Burrow, LSU
- Zack Baun, Wisconsin
- George Kittle, Iowa
- Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
- Josh Hines-Allen, Kentucky
- Joe Thuney, NC State
- Derwin James, Florida State
- Caleb Williams, USC (claims USC over Oklahoma)
- Tristan Wirfs, Iowa
- Davante Adams, Fresno State
- Fred Warner, BYU
- CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma
- Jalen Hurts, Alabama/Oklahoma
- Dion Dawkins, Temple
- Nico Collins, Michigan
- Bo Nix, Auburn/Oregon
- Brock Bowers, Georgia
- Kevin Byard III, Middle Tennessee State
- Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
- Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame
- Chris Olave, Ohio State
- Roquan Smith, Georgia
- Drake London, USC
- Jordyn Brooks, Texas Tech
- Courtland Sutton, SMU
- Lamar Jackson, Louisville
- Xavier McKinney, Alabama
- Zay Flowers, Boston College
- Jordan Love, Utah State
- Zach Allen, Boston College
- Josh Jacobs, Alabama
- Budda Baker, Washington
- Jaycee Horn, South Carolina
- Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
- Josh Sweat, Florida State
- Travis Kelce, Cincinnati
- A.J.
Brown, Ole Miss
81.
Bobby Wagner, Utah State
82.
Jalen Ramsey, Florida State
83.
Jeffery Simmons, Mississippi State
84.
Byron Young, Tennessee
85.
Brock Purdy, Iowa State
86.
Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
87.
Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
88.
Jack Campbell, Iowa
89.
Kyren Williams, Notre Dame
90.
Derrick Brown, Auburn
91.
Montez Sweat, Mississippi State
92.
Azeez Al-Shaair, Florida Atlantic
93.
Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
94.
Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma
95.
Demario Davis, Arkansas State
96.
Travis Etienne Jr., Clemson
97.
Ernest Jones IV, South Carolina
98.
Bryce Young, Alabama
99.
Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
100.
Cameron Jordan, California
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