Former Alabama LB Dallas Turner gets compared to two-time NFL Pro Bowl player

Dallas Turner could be the first University of Alabama alumnus called on night one of the NFL Draft.

The South Florida native had a successful career for Alabama football, coming in as a five-star in the 2021 class.

He learned from Will Anderson and stepped right in as a leader in 2023.

Turner terrorized quarterbacks and running backs to a tune of 53 total tackles, including 14.5 stops for loss (team-high) and 10 sacks (team-high). He led the Crimson Tide’s defense with 13 quarterback hurries and had two forced fumbles.

Turner is a two-time Southeastern Conference Champion (2021, 2023), but he was the reason why last year’s team won a conference title in Nick Saban’s final year as head coach. He took home multiple awards, including first-team All-SEC, SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Consensus All-American. Turner was named a permanent team captain — joining Jalen Milroe and Malachi Moore — by his peers, getting his hand print and cleat print cemented on Denny Chimes. He turned in a 4.46 40-time at the NFL Scouting Combine, showcasing freakish speed and athleticism with a 83″ wingspan. Lane Zierlein, an NFL Draft analyst for NFL Network, compared Turner to former first-round pick Brian Burns of the New York Giants with Daniel Jeremiah.

Burns, a former Florida State standout, was selected at No. 16 overall in the 2019 draft by the Carolina Panthers.

He has been selected to two Pro Bowls and totaled 46 career sacks (2019-23) for the Panthers.