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Crunching the Numbers, 2025 Week 2 Crimson Tide Tracker: Bama in the NFL

Originally posted on Alabama Crimson Tide on SI | Last updated Sep 15, 2025 1:37 AM ET

So they jumped the gun a little, but we're not complaining .

Every year, the National Football League does an elaborate roster breakdown off the opening weekend of the regular season, providing the one, and only, annual snapshot of its players. It including everything from where everyone played in high school to average measurements per position. The timing is important because rosters are considered fluid the rest of the season and its often a telling indicator of league trends.

Those who have been following Alabama Crimson Tide On SI and BamaCentral know that we follow this release closely, especially regarding the official number of former Alabama players in the NFL. This year is expected to be the ninth straight season in which Alabama officially had at least a tie for the most players in the league. If you include LSU, the last time a non-Nick Saban coached school topped the list was Southern California in 2013.

However, Alabama doesn't have that formal designation yet. As of late Wednesday night, the NFL had yet to release the annual breakdown from all Week 1 games.

This year, the NCAA tried to steal some of the NFL's thunder with its own list of the players from 214 universities in the NFL this year, including the Football Championship Subdivision, Division II and Division. There's only one problem, it was based on the rosters after cutdown day in late August, when teams had to trim from a maximum of 90 players for training camp and the preseason to 53.

At that point there was still about 10 days of roster moves to go before the start of the season and when rosters were locked in. So the numbers are close, but not exact.

For example, while the NCAA reported that Alabama had the most pro players with 62, Amari Cooper subsequently announced his retirement. Second and third were Georgia and Ohio State with 57, Michigan with 44, and LSU and Notre Dame tied with 39.

We'll update this post when the NFL publishes its numbers (hopefully before the weekend), but the NCAA's entire list of 214 schools is included at the bottom of this article.

NFL Week 2 Tracker

For the full set of statistics on how the former Crimson Tide players did this week, check out our elaborate Bama in the NFL Week 2 Tracker. It will be updated throughout the weekend until every game is concluded.

The Ultimate Bama in the NFL Database

Contract Info, Status of Former Alabama Crimson Tide Players
Active Crimson Tide Players by Team, Position
All-Time Alabama Crimson Tide Players in the NFL
All-Time Crimson Tide Draft Selections

Game of the Week

It's kind of obvious this week. The Philadelphia Eagles visiting the Kansas City Chiefs is a rematch of Super Bowl LIX. The Eagles defeated the Chiefs, 40-22, as former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts tallied 293 yards (221 passing, 72 rushing) and three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) to earn Super Bowl MVP honors. Last week he ran in two touchdowns against Dallas for his16th career regular-season game with multiple rushing touchdowns, the most among quarterbacks in NFL history.

NFL Week 2 Crimson Tide Notes

Since Week 11 of the 2024 season, Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs has scored a rushing touchdown in 10 consecutive games, including the postseason. He became the fourth player since 2000 to record a rushing touchdown in 10 consecutive games, joining LaDainian Tomlinson (12 straight games in 2004), Jonathan Taylor (11 in 2021) and Priest Holmes (11 in 2002).

Derrick Henry led the NFL in rushing yards Week 1 with 169 and had two rushing touchdowns. It was his 13th career game with at least 150 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, tying him with Jim Brown for the most in NFL history. Incidentally, only three players in NFL history had had 150 rushing yards in both of his teams' first two games of a season, Alan Ameche (Baltimore Colts 1955), Brown (Cleveland Browns 1963) and O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills 1975). Considering his fumble near the end of the Bills game last week one has to think he's going to be extra motivated against the Browns this week.

Something to keep an eye on: Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs may have had only 19 rushing yards against the Packers, but his 10 receptions were a career high. His former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is now the head coach of this week's opponent, the Chicago Bears.

Yeah, we're wondering too: What happened to the Miami Dolphins? Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick had eight tackles in his return to the Dolphins, but Tua Tagovailoa threw for just 114 yards and Jaylen Waddle had just four receptions, and is now listed as having a shoulder injury. The season-opening 33-8 loss to the Colts shouldn't just be a wake-up call.

Note: This list only includes players on NFL active 53-man rosters as of August 26. It does not include players on the injury list or practice squads.

This article first appeared on Alabama Crimson Tide on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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