NFL Draft Breakdown by Conference: 1st Round Selections & Total Picks

[Knight_Light]

Conference with the most 1st round picks:

1) Tie: ACC & Pac-12 with 9
3) SEC: 7 (1st time in 5 years SEC didn't have most selections in 1st Round)
4) Big Ten: 3
5) Tie: AAC and Big 12: 2

Total players selected in the 7 rounds:

SEC: 54
ACC: 47
Pac-12: 39
Big Ten: 35
Big 12: 25
AAC: 11 (only non-P5 Conf with 1st round selections)
MWC: 10
CUSA: 6
MAC: 4
MVC: 4
CAA: 3
Sun Belt : 3
Independent: 2
OVC: 2
SAC: 2
Southern : 2
Southland : 2
Big Sky : 1
Big South : 1
Liberty League: 1
Mid-Eastern Athletic : 1
Southwestern Athletic : 1

 

[Mikesi]

It's so difficult to get drafted. A true gift to play in the NFL however you can get there.

For example:

Can't believe Shane Carden went undrafted, Hardy only went in the 4th and Hundley from UCLA dropped to the 5th round. Neither Plummer or Torrian Wilson were drafted. Talk about dropping off the radar. What happened to Wilson this year?

Tennessee didn't have a single player drafted, but Hobart did. Wow.

After a great junior year, Deontay Greenberry wasn't all that, but undrafted?

 

[Knight_Light]

It's so difficult to get drafted. A true gift to play in the NFL however you can get there.

For example:

Can't believe Shane Carden went undrafted, Hardy only went in the 4th and Hundley from UCLA dropped to the 5th round. Neither Plummer or Torrian Wilson were drafted. Talk about dropping off the radar. What happened to Wilson this year?

Tennessee didn't have a single player drafted, but Hobart did. Wow.

After a great junior year, Deontay Greenberry wasn't all that, but undrafted?

Good stat.

In AAC: I think Cinci didn't have a player drafted either.

Obviously some players make squads as a undrafted free agents but the odds are stacked against them as teams sign almost 50 undrafted players over the next month or two for camps/preseason practices and most don't make the cut.

 

[KnightMatt8]

Good stat.

In AAC: I think Cinci didn't have a player drafted either.

Obviously some players make squads as a undrafted free agents but the odds are stacked against them as teams sign almost 50 undrafted players over the next month or two for camps/preseason practices and most don't make the cut.

I think that even if you're a 7th round pick, it's still better to be drafted than not drafted. Free agents have a tougher road than the drafted players.

 

[KnightMatt8]

Total players selected in the 7 rounds:

Independent: 2

Is this correct? Out of a group consisting of Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy, only 2 players were drafted?

 

[Knight_Light]

Is this correct? Out of a group consisting of Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy, only 2 players were drafted?

ND had just 1 player selected, TE in the 7th round to Jacksonville.