‘I’m gone’: Alabama pound Turner to go into NFL draft

• Alex Scarborough, ESPN Personnel WriterJan 1, 2024, 11:00 PM ET

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  • Covers the SEC.Joined ESPN
  • in 2012.
  • Graduate of Auburn University.PASADENA, Calif.– Alabama

standout edge rush Dallas Turner, a predicted first-round choice in the 2024 NFL draft, stated following Monday night’s loss to Michigan in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl that he will forgo his staying eligibility and get in the draft. “I’m gone, “the junior told ESPN.”Ain’t no ifs, ands or buts about it.” Turner, whom ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. ranks as the No. 11 finest offered player in the upcoming draft, finished the season with 50 takes on, 9 sacks and two forced fumbles.But like the rest of his Alabama colleagues, Turner had a hard time to push Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy in Pasadena. The Crimson Tide had only one sack and no QB hurries.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Turner mentioned afterward,” I do not always rush the quarterback.””Why?” he included.

“I don’t know. I simply do

what I’m informed.”

Turner was noticeably annoyed. “It draws understanding that I won’t win what I came here for, you understand? “he said. “I came here to be a championship game and I will not never be a national champ.” Cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry, Kiper’s No. 22-rated prospect, said he had not made a decision about whether he’ll return next season

.”I’ll return and talk with my family and see how I go from there, “he said.But Alabama ought to have its beginning quarterback, Jalen Milroe, back.Milroe, who ended up

sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting in his very first season as the starter, revealed last month on the “The Next Round”show that he would return for his senior season.