SEC
NFL Draft picks by SEC teams in the Playoff era
With the college football season over and the NFL season not far behind with only the Super Bowl remaining, the football calendar will soon shift completely toward draft season.
Taking that into consideration, we thought we would share the recent trends from the Southeastern Conference in terms of the number of draft picks each program has produced in the College Football Playoff era. To no surprise, Alabama is far and away leading the charge with Florida, Georgia, LSU and Auburn all behind the Crimson Tide.
Here is the full list:
School
Draft Picks
Alabama
36
Florida
28
LSU
24
Georgia
17
Auburn
16
Arkansas
15
Ole Miss
14
Mississippi State
13
Texas A&M
13
Missouri
10
Tennessee
9
South Carolina
8
Vanderbilt
4
Kentucky
3
There is a pretty sizable drop between Bama and UF, and then another to LSU, and yet another to UGA. After that, the numbers are close until you get to the teams at the bottom. A little surprised to see UF so high. What have they been doing with that talent? I guess that speaks to why they have a new coach. The Tennessee numbers show that recruiting five star hearts don’t lead to wins, job security, or draft picks.
Yeah and LSU is sure doing a lot with their talent, same boat as the Gators.
Florida was competing in the weaker east (that’s how they won it with Jim) while LSU was fighting Bama and Auburn plus Florida and the others every year.
Both teams finished in the top 7 in the country this season and both should start in the top 10 for next season. Nothing wrong with where either team is now.
No disrespect towards Florida, but I was surprised that LSU wasn’t second to Bama. It seems like every other player in the NFL is from LSU.
I was SHOCKED to see us second on this list. I knew we’ve had quite a few draft picks but not second most. What it says to me is how much freaking talent our last two coaches absolutely wasted. Winning the east in 15 and 16 does not count. Someone had to win it and we were the best sucky team during that stretch capitalized by the curb stomping we got from Bama two years in a row. Thank the good Lord for Mullen. The jury is still out on whether he can recruit elite talent but at least he won’t waste it.
What we’ve done is exactly what LSU has done. Top 10 defense and bottom 10 offense.