Alabama Star's Biggest Problem Revealed Before CFP

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In spite of their embarrassing loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game, the Alabama Crimson Tide are heading to the College Football Playoff.

Alabama is a good football team, but it certainly isn't quite as dominant as previous iterations under Nick Saban. It would actually be a surprise if the Crimson Tide won the national championship — or even advanced to the National Championship Game — this winter.

But one thing is for sure: Alabama still knows how to produce NFL talent, and it has a handful of players who could be selected in the early rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft.

One of the Crimson Tide's top prospects in that regard is wide receiver Germie Bernard, who followed Kalen DeBoer to Tuscaloosa from Washington after 2023. He also played for Michigan State to begin his collegiate career in 2022.

Bernard has actually been Alabama's top receiver this season, hauling in 57 receptions for 762 yards and seven touchdowns. But where will he fall in the draft?

Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus has the 6-foot-1 pass-catcher ranked 69th overall and 11th among wide receivers in his top 315 prospects of this draft class, and he explained why he feels Bernard may not develop into a star on the professional level.

"Bernard has been on a bit of a college football journey, now with his third program, but he has developed into a solid draft prospect," Sikkema wrote. "He has a good build for the NFL and the strength and speed to play all three receiver positions, though I wouldn't say he is overly dominant in any one area. He's a versatile depth receiver who does his best work when kept in a straight line (vertical routes or deep crossers)."

While Sikkema was certainly complimentary of Bernard, you can glean he doesn't think that the Las Vegas native will be anything more than an auxiliary option in the NFL.

It's true that Bernard doesn't excel incredibly well in any one particular category. He doesn't have breakaway speed, he only has average size and doesn't improvise a whole lot after the catch.

That isn't to say that Bernard cannot become a very solid contributor in the pros, but he doesn't appear to be one of the more elite wide receiver prospects in a draft class that is very deep at the position.

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