Huh. Well there’s something. Will Anderson Jr. stood on his numbers from the NFL Scouting Combine at Alabama’s pro day on Thursday, but he did speak with the media on hand when he wasn’t busy shaking hands with the dozens of pro personnel in attendance. And he told Tide 100.9 FM co-host Aidan Dollins that one of the teams he met with most recently is the New Orleans Saints, along with two teams picking in the top 10 of the 2023 NFL draft (the Seattle Seahawks at No. 5 and the Chicago Bears at No. 9), among “a couple other teams.” It appears he’s in high demand.
For context, and just in case you forgot, Anderson is the top prospect in the 2023 draft class. Not top-10, not top-5; he’s the clear-cut consensus best player available, though positional value puts quarterbacks like his Alabama teammate Bryce Young and Ohio State’s CJ Stroud ahead of him on some rankings. If either of them had stayed in school another year he’d be the second overall draft pick at worst.
