The SEC might have seen its seven-year stretch of national championships end as the conference was kept off the throne for two years before retaking it in January.

However, the SEC hasn’t given up its place as the top manufacturer of NFL talent in a long time. How long? The SEC has led all conferences in NFL Draft picks in nine straight years dating back to 2007.

It’s not a coincidence that the incredible run began in 2007, the draft that immediately followed Florida’s national championship that jumpstarted the league’s unprecedented dominance.

With the 2016 NFL Draft starting Thursday night, I decided to take a closer look at the last 10 drafts dating back to 2006, breaking down the representation for each Power 5 conference by position over that span.

I was curious as to which positions the SEC has produced the most of, and which ones (if any) the SEC is not producing as much as the other Power 5 leagues.

I didn’t want to just limit it to that, though. I imagined myself having an argument with an SEC hater, and of course, they’d argue SEC players don’t enjoy as much success at the next level. To win that imaginary argument (well not really because I have had that argument), I broke down the number of All-Pros since the 2006 NFL Draft below this chart.

But first, let’s look position-by-position for each conference.

Note: Conference designation is based on the league that the athlete played in the season immediately before being drafted.

POSITION-BY-POSITION

POSITION SEC ACC BIG 12 BIG TEN PAC-12
QB 19 12 15 9 17
RB 46 29 23 24 30
WR 56 40 36 42 38
TE 23 18 16 26 21
OL 71 64 44 60 49
DL 93 72 42 60 52
LB 52 54 34 43 46
DB 80 72 49 50 57
PK 5 4 3 1 3
P 0 6 2 3 2

As you can see, the results are pretty astounding. The SEC has sent more players to the NFL Draft than the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 in seven of the 10 position groups charted above.

The only exceptions are tight end, linebacker and punter. The ACC (54) has a very slight edge on the SEC (52) at linebacker, while the Big Ten (26) also has a narrow advantage over the SEC (23) in tight ends. The SEC has laid a goose egg in punters drafted while each of the other four have sent at least a pair.

Get it together, SEC.

Still, it’s amazing to see the SEC’s margins in some areas. The SEC has sent at least 19 more defensive linemen than any other league, at least 16 more running backs and at least 14 more receivers. Outside of the ACC, the SEC’s 80 defensive backs is 23 more than the next-best conference.

Now let’s look at the number of All-Pros among players to enter the NFL over this same period. This is strictly the number of players to be named a First or Second-Team All-Pro by the Associated Press, not the number of selections, and this includes undrafted players.

ALL-PROS

CONFERENCE OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
SEC 12 18 1
ACC 7 10 1
Big 12 8 9 2
Big Ten 6 11 1
Pac-12 10 11 1

Here are the totals:

SEC — 31
Pac-12 — 22
Big 12 — 19
ACC — 18
Big Ten — 18

Not surprisingly, the SEC’s 31 different All-Pros among players to enter the NFL since 2006 are more than any other Power 5 conference.

Overall, the SEC has nine more than the Pac-12’s 22. Speaking of the offensive-oriented Pac-12, the league also falls two players shy for the most offensive All-Pros. It’s not even close when it comes to defense.

So there you have it. Not only does the SEC churn the talent out better than any other conference in the last 10 years, it does it better at nearly every position. Meanwhile, no league can claim that its players shine brighter at the highest level of competition.

These results are according to pro-football-reference.com.