Nearly one quarter of NFL's current Top 100 players came from SEC
The SEC, college football’s leading talent producer during the last nine NFL drafts, boasts 23 of the league’s current Top 100 players according to CBSSports.
Editor’s note: Texas A&M and Mizzou players included in the list who did not play in the SEC are not featured.
SEC players within the NFL’s Top 100
- No. 10 Justin Houston, OLB, Kansas City Chiefs (Georgia)
- No. 12 Peyton Manning, QB, Denver Broncos (Tennessee)
- No. 13 Odell Beckham Jr., WR, New York Giants (LSU)
- No. 18 Julio Jones, WR, Atlanta Falcons (Alabama)
- No. 28 Jason Peters, OT, Philadelphia Eagles (Arkansas)
- No. 39 Patrick Peterson, CB, Arizona Cardinals (LSU)
- No. 47 Sheldon Richardson, DT, New York Jets (Mizzou)
- No. 50 Marcell Dareus, DT, Buffalo Bills (Alabama)
- No. 52 Andrew Whitworth, OT, Cincinnati Bengals (LSU)
- No. 55 Fletcher Cox, DE, Philadelphia Eagles (Mississippi State)
- No. 58 A.J. Green, WR, Cincinnati Bengals (Georgia)
- No. 65 Cam Newton, QB, Carolina Panthers (Auburn)
- No. 68 Randall Cobb, WR, Green Bay Packers (Kentucky)
- No. 70 Pernell McPhee, LB, Chicago Bears (Mississippi State)
- No. 72 Sen’Derrick Marks, DT, Jacksonville Jaguars (Auburn)
- No. 74 Dont’a Hightower, LB, New England Patriots (Alabama)
- No. 78 Evan Mathis, OG, Philadelphia Eagles (Alabama)
- No. 82 Jason Witten, TE, Dallas Cowboys (Tennessee)
- No. 85 Eddie Lacy, RB, Green Bay Packers (Alabama)
- No. 93 Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Bucs (Texas A&M)
- No. 97 C.J. Mosley, LB, Baltimore Ravens (Alabama)
- No. 99 Alshon Jeffery, WR, Chicago Bears (South Carolina)
- No. 100 Kyle Williams, DT, Buffalo Bills (LSU)