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First, it was Gehrig Deiter of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022. Then, Don’t’a Hightower left the New England Patriots with his three Super Bowl rings in March of 2023. Mark Ingram traded the NFL for the job of a television commentator in July of that year. Then, this year Julio Jones announced his retirement, following by C.J. Mosley who became the latest in an incomplete list of former Nick Saban players at Alabama who have retired from pro football.
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C.J. Mosley is ready to tackle life beyond playing football. A five-time Pro Bowl selection during an 11-year NFL career with the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens, Mosley announced Thursday, his 33rd birthday, that he's retiring.
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Former Alabama football star Quinnen Williams and his brother Quincy may need to make room for their younger brother on the roster at the New York Jets. Giovanni Williams is taking part in the rookie camp with the Jets. If he makes it onto the team, it will be the first time in a century that an NFL team has had three brothers playing at the same time.
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The New York Jets parting with one of the team's popular captains in a salary cap move. This athlete played in just four games last season because of a toe injury and later a herniated disk in his neck. He was also a star of Nick Saban’s second national championship win at Alabama, when the Crimson Tide beat LSU in 2012. His performance was punctuated by a dislocated hip he suffered while returning an interception.
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It wasn’t a good week for two former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Safety Jaylen Key was waived by The New York Jets. The team picked the former Alabama player with the last pick of this year’s NFL Draft, making him known as the annual “Mr. Irrelevant.” There was also bad news for former Tide linebacker Ronnie Harrison.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets got a big building block for their new-look defense with their first pick in the NFL draft.Alabama defensive…