One stat illustrates how much Alabama, Ohio State have dominated first 3 rounds of recent NFL Drafts
It’s no secret that Alabama and Ohio State have been among the best programs in college football in recent years.
However, it’s still surprising to see just how much the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes have been represented in Rounds 1, 2 and 3 of the past 4 NFL Drafts.
On Tuesday, ESPN’s Chris “Bear” Fallica tweeted out a stat that is simply incredible. Per the Bear, 12.8% of the players picked in Rounds 1-3 in the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 drafts have come from Alabama and Ohio State — 26 from each school:
In the last four years, 407 players have been selected on days 1 and 2 of the NFL Draft. 52 of them (12.8%) have come from two schools – Alabama (26) and Ohio State (26). LSU is next with 13.
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) April 14, 2020
An even more shocking stat is that LSU is No. 3 on the list, but only have half of the players drafted in Rounds 1-3 as the Tide and the Buckeyes.
That domination by Alabama and Ohio State is projected to continue this year, too, as the Tide, in particular, could have around 7 first-round picks alone.
I’ve seen a couple of mock drafts that have Joe Burrow, Chase Young and Jeff Okudah as the first three picks in the draft. That’d mean the top three picks in the draft played for Ohio State in 2017. That 2017 team also featured top 4 picks Denzel Ward and Nick Bosa.
All that and still didn’t make the playoffs.
Yeah, they ended up giving Big 10 champion Ohio State’s CFP slot to some sec also-ran. Total injustice.
Is that the year an unranked Iowa hung 55 on you and you lost bad at Okla?
yeah, Ohio State played poorly at iowa, no question, but I don’t know that i’d characterize the Oklahoma game as ‘lost bad’. it was a 4 point game in the 4th qtr, and the sooners made a couple plays to stretch the lead. it was a competitive game throughout.
But also in 2017, the Buckeyes beat #7 wisconsin, #8 penn st and #15 michigan state. What was bama’s best win that year? #18 lsu, who also lost to troy? A 4-loss miss st team? A florida st team the finished the season with 6 losses?
Ohio State had a bad loss on their schedule, but they also had much better wins than the tide, and a conference championship. The tide didn’t earn their way in, they backed in over teams that were more deserving.
I went back and looked… Bama is still the CFP NC that year… Your crying hasn’t changed it..
who said they weren’t? I was just saying they didn’t earn the opportunity. and no one here is crying, I was just responding to darth and jtf’s comments on my post about how much talent there was on that 2017 Ohio State team.
You need a tissue?
no tissues needed, but it sounds someone needs some ointment.
Yeah you need a tissue…
LSU shouldn’t lose any ground on the leaders this year as they could have as many as 10 players go in the first three rounds. Should be our best draft ever.