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SEC continues draft dominance in Round 3, further separates from the pack
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The SEC tied the all-time conference record by having 12 total selections at the end of the first round, then pushed its overall total to 21 picks at the end of Round 2 (an all-time NFL Draft record), and adds nine more to its overall list in Round 3.
After getting off to a slow start to the round, the league had a nice streak of picks exclusively from the SEC between No. 75-79.
Here are the players who were drafted:
- No. 67 Alvin Kamara, RB, Tennessee (New Orleans Saints)
- No. 75 Duke Riley, LB, LSU (Atlanta Falcons)
- No. 76 Alex Anzalone, LB, Florida (New Orleans Saints)
- No. 77 Daeshon Hall, DE, Texas A&M (Carolina Panthers)
- No. 78 Tim Williams, LB, Alabama (Baltimore Ravens)
- No. 79 ArDarius Stewart, WR, Alabama (New York Jets)
- No. 93 Montravius Adams, DT, Auburn (Green Bay Packers)
- No. 94 Cam Sutton, DB, Tennessee (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- No. 107 Kendell Beckwith, LB, LSU (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
SEC connection
That’s now 9 former @Bama players in top 79 picks.
— Saturday Down South (@SDS) April 29, 2017
Talk about a life-changing day, Auburn alum Montravius Adams experienced the birth of his son, Montravisu Jr., and was drafted hours later while still in the hospital.
Here is new #Packers DT Montravius Adams getting the call that he’s No. 93 overall… after his son was just born pic.twitter.com/E1UFDawnnW
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 29, 2017
#NFLDraft Round Three Recap:
• 2 from @AlabamaFTBL, @Vol_Football and @LSUfootball
• 1 from @GatorsFB, @AggieFootball and @AuburnFootball pic.twitter.com/zZJiykgGRG— SEC (@SEC) April 29, 2017
Conference Breakdown
SEC: 30
Big Ten: 19
Pac-12: 16
ACC: 11
C-USA: 6
AAC: 6
Big 12: 5
MAC: 4
Sun Belt: 2
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 1
Independent: 1
CAA: 1
Big Sky: 1
SWAC: 1
Missouri Valley Football Conference: 1
Southland: 1
SEC Breakdown
Alabama: 9
LSU: 6
Florida: 5
Tennessee: 3
Texas A&M: 3
Missouri: 1
Ole Miss: 1
Auburn: 1
Vanderbilt: 1
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
