Prep football’s “best of the best” are handed the ultimate honor of a handful of stars that many people dismiss as purely speculative of their potential.

One could argue the same about the round a player is taken in the draft because a third-round pick can outperform a first-round pick in the NFL just like a three-star prospect can outperform a five-star prospect.

Still, there’s something to be said about a player who is both a five-star and a first-rounder. Living up to the hype isn’t easy, so we’re taking a look at the ones that have.

According to 247Sports’ composite rankings, which dates back to 2000, there have been nearly 500 five-star prospects who could’ve possibly been drafted by now.

Ranging from the 2000-13 recruiting classes, with 2013 being the latest draft-eligible class, there have been 472 of those elite prospects. Of that bunch, 160 decided to play for an SEC school.

How many of those blue-chippers have been selected in the NFL draft, and how high did they go? Here’s a full breakdown.

Note: I didn’t include players who transferred to another school before being drafted. For instance, Jeff Driskel isn’t included.

SCHOOLS TOTAL FIVE-STARS 1ST ROUND 2ND-3RD ROUND 4TH-7TH ROUND
Alabama 27 7 7 1
Arkansas 4 2 0 0
Auburn 10 2 0 1
Florida 35 9 4 8
Georgia 21 3 1 5
Kentucky 2 0 0 0
LSU 19 4 5 1
Mississippi State 5 0 2 0
Missouri 2 (1 in SEC) 1 1 0
Ole Miss 9 5 0 1
South Carolina 4 1 0 1
Tennessee 20 3 0 2
Texas A&M 9 (3 in SEC) 0 2 2
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0

Florida and Alabama clean house in this department. The two schools make up almost 40 percent of the total five-star prospects drafted over this time period with 62 of the 160 overall (there were seven more prospects who signed with Missouri and Texas A&M before they joined the SEC in 2012).

The Gators and Crimson Tide also have a combined 16 five-star prospects who ended up being first-round picks while the rest of the SEC has a combined 21. UF leads the way with nine, while Bama has a slight edge in players taken in the first three rounds (14-13).

There have been a good amount of five-star prospects at Georgia (21), Tennessee (20) and LSU (19), but the Tigers have a significant edge in five-star draftees going in the first three rounds with nine compared to the Bulldogs’ four and the Vols’ three.

Auburn is the sixth and final member of the conference with double-digit five-star prospects.

Vanderbilt is the only school that hasn’t had a first-round pick over that span while every other SEC school has had at least a couple, but Kentucky is the only other school to not send a five-star to the draft.