Coker is the favorite to win Alabama's starting quarterback job entering fall practice
"It's constant and you always feel like it's fourth-and-1," says Smart, adding that NFL CBA rules allow for down time that college coaches don't get.
The NFL's rookie class includes 56 players with Alabama roots - 24 draft picks and 32 free agents who played high school and/or college football in the state. Most will be primarily concerned with making the team when training camps open in about a month. But a few will be in the running for starting spots in the first game of their first pro season.