12 SEC players chosen in first round of 2022 NFL Draft

• For the 11th time in the past 12 yrs, the SEC at the time again led the country in To start with Spherical NFL Draft picks, as the league developed 12 opening-round draft picks, which tied for the next most in historical past.

• During the last 16 NFL Drafts, the SEC has a nation-leading 159 players taken in the opening round, an average of approximately 10 for each season.

• For the fifth time in the very last 6 NFL Drafts, 10 or more gamers from the SEC had been picked in the First Round.

• The SEC experienced seven of the to start with 15 alternatives of the 2022 NFL Draft.

• The SEC now has 135 Initially Spherical NFL Draft choices considering that 2010.

• Considering that 2010, the SEC has in excess of double (135) the complete total of To start with Spherical alternatives than the up coming closest convention (ACC & Significant 10 – 64).

• 7 diverse SEC groups (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi Condition, Texas A&M) experienced a player taken in the Very first Round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

• The SEC now has 50 Top-10 picks considering that 2009 and 56 due to the fact 2007.

• Because 2009, Top 10 NFL picks by league: SEC (50) ACC (21) Pac-12 (21) Significant 12 (20) B1G (14), Notre Dame (4) AAC (3) MAC (3) BYU (2) Mountain West (1).

• Georgia led the SEC and nation with a college-record 5 Initially Spherical alternatives in the 2022 NFL Draft. All 5 picks had been from the UGA defense, which is a new NFL Draft history for opening round picks.

• Alabama has experienced a To start with-Spherical assortment in each and every of the earlier 14 NFL Drafts, the longest streak in SEC Record and tied for the longest in university soccer historical past, as very well as the most Very first Round picks nationally given that 2007 with 41.

2022 Initial-Spherical Choices BY Conference

SEC: 12
B1G: 7
ACC: 4
Pac-12: 4
AAC: 2
FCS: 2
Impartial: 1
Major 12:

First-Round Selections Considering that 2010

SEC: 135
ACC: 64
Huge Ten: 64
Pac-12: 53
Massive 12: 42

SEC Initial Spherical Selections Since 2010

2022: 12
2021: 12
2020: 15
2019: 9
2018: 10
2017: 12
2016: 8
2015: 7
2014: 11
2013: 12
2012: 9
2011: 11
2010: 7

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