Patrick Surtain II

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2020: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

DB · Alabama · Jr. · #2

6′2″ · 202 lb · Plantation, FL

Consensus AADenver — drafted 2021, Rd 1, Pick 9, #9 overall

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 6 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2020: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2018.
Drafted round 1 by the Denver in 2021.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2020.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #9 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Alabama, 114 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #9 overall by Denver.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201815 games

Signed with Alabama5-star out of American Heritage

202010 games

All-Americafirst · 11 selectors
All-SECfirst
SEC Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2021

Drafted by Denverround 1, pick 9

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#6 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #9

Denver · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

12 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

9 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2020)

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Featured in The Canon

#69

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

1 coach

2018–2020

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 6th NFL season

#9Rd 1 · Pick 9

DenverEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Nick Saban — 38-3 over that span.

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#3 / 2211 · 100th pct

QB hurries#250 / 2211 · 84th pct

Tackles#604 / 2211 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#593 / 2211 · 71st pct

3.5

Solo tackles#666 / 2211 · 69th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.6
Road5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.3	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Alabama	35	20	3.5	11	1	--
2019	Alabama	42	32	1.0	8	2	--
2018	Alabama	37	28	1.5	7	1	--
Career		114	80	6.0	26	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week