2021 NFL Draft: 16 SEC players selected during 6th round
The SEC got off to a hot start in the 6th round of the NFL draft with 4 selections within the first 9 picks.
Also in the 6th round, Arkansas had its first pick taken when DT Jonathan Marshall went to the New York Jets. Kentucky also had 3 players taken, and Alabama saw the first long snapper drafted in this class.
Missouri added to its draft class, and with 2 more picks in the 6th round, the Tigers’ five-man draft class is its biggest since a six-man class in 2009. Interestingly enough, the 2009 class included Chase Daniel, who wasn’t drafted but is the only Mizzou player from that class still in the NFL.
Below is a breakdown of where things stand after Round 6:
SEC players drafted in the 6th round
- No. 188 Joshua Bledsoe, S, Missouri (Patriots)
- No. 190 Trey Hill, C, Georgia (Bengals)
- No. 192 Quinton Bohanna, DT, Kentucky (Cowboys)
- No. 193 Deonte Brown, OG, Alabama (Panthers)
- No. 198 Larry Rountree III, RB, Missouri (Chargers)
- No. 200 Brandin Echols, CB, Kentucky (Jets)
- No. 204 Shi Smith, WR, South Carolina (Panthers)
- No. 205 Racey McMath, WR, LSU (Titans)
- No. 206 Landon Young, OT, Kentucky (Saints)
- No. 207 Jonathan Marshall, DT, Arkansas (Jets)
- No. 208 Stone Forsythe, OT, Florida (Seahawks)
- No. 219 Seth Williams, WR, Auburn (Broncos)
- No. 223 Thomas Fletcher, LS, Alabama (Panthers)
- JaCoby Stevens, S, LSU (Eagles)
- Trey Smith, OG, Tennessee (Chiefs)
- Israel Mukuamu, CB, South Carolina (Cowboys)
Conference Breakdown after 6 rounds
- SEC: 60
- Big Ten: 38
- ACC: 40
- Pac-12: 27
- Big 12: 18
- Independent: 10*
- AAC: 12
- FCS: 5
- Conference USA: 4
- MAC: 4
- Mountain West: 3
- Sun Belt: 3
- Division II: 1
- Division III: 1
SEC Breakdown after 6 rounds
- Alabama 10
- Florida 8
- Georgia 8
- LSU 6
- Kentucky 5
- Mizzou 5
- Texas A&M 4
- Auburn 4
- Ole Miss 2
- South Carolina 4
- Arkansas 1
- Tennessee 2
- Vanderbilt 1
*Notre Dame players are being counted as independents. ND participated in the ACC for 2020 only.