After cleaning up in Round 1, the SEC dominated Round 2 of the NFL Draft, too
The SEC recorded the most first round NFL Draft picks on Thursday night with 12, and several more were figured to be drafted in the second round.
And boy, the SEC dominated the second round, too. The conference finished with nine picks in the second round, three more than the next closest conference, the Pac-12. The 21 picks over the first two rounds is a new NFL Draft record.
Here are the players who were drafted:
- No. 34 Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- No. 39 Marcus Maye, DB, Florida (New York Jets)
- No. 46 Quincy Wilson, CB, Florida (Indianapolis Colts)
- No. 49 Ryan Anderson, LB, Alabama (Washington Redskins)
- No. 50 Justin Evans, DB, Texas A&M (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- No. 53 Teez Tabor, CB, Florida (Detroit Lions)
- No. 55 Dalvin Tomlinson, DL, Alabama (New York Giants)
- No. 57 Zach Cunningham, LB, Vanderbilt (Houston Texans)
- No. 58 Ethan Pocic, C, LSU (Seattle Seahawks)
SEC connection
Former LSU DB Jamal Adams, who was taken No. 6 overall by the New York Jets, welcomed former Florida DB Marcus Maye. Adams chose LSU over Florida. Otherwise, these two could have played together in college, too.
It’s not even fair that we’re together…..Let’s ride bro, welcome home! @alldayMAYE
— JamalAdams (@TheAdams_era) April 28, 2017
Alabama fans are already buzzing about Ryan Anderson joining Jonathan Allen in Washington.
Jonathan Allen & Ryan Anderson reunited in Washington…#RollTide #HTTR pic.twitter.com/EPejlTDFPJ
— John Wagner (@JxWags) April 29, 2017
Alabama has produced six top-50 selections for the first time in its history.
— David Paschall (@DavidSPaschall) April 29, 2017
Record breaking
It’s safe to say that Alabama is cleaning up during the 2017 NFL Draft. After tying a school record with four picks in the first round, the Tide set a draft record in the second round.
#Alabama set an #NFLDraft record with 7 players drafted in the top 55 picks.
— Saturday Down South (@SDS) April 29, 2017
Conference Breakdown
SEC: 21
Pac-12: 12
Big Ten: 10
ACC: 8
AAC: 4
Big 12: 2
MAC: 1
C-USA: 1
Sun Belt: 1
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 1
Independent: 1
CAA: 1
SEC Breakdown
Alabama: 7
Florida: 4
LSU: 4
Texas A&M: 2
Missouri: 1
Ole Miss: 1
Tennessee: 1
Vanderbilt: 1