SEC produces 87 NFL Draft picks, topping conference leaderboard for 20th consecutive year

The Big Ten may have passed the SEC on the football field — at least when it comes to recent College Football Playoff results — but the SEC remains the premier conference in churning out professional football players.For the 20th straight season, the SEC outpaced its fellow conferences with the most NFL Draft picks. The 16-team league set a record with 87 selections, dwarfing the previous record the SEC set last year with 79. For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Big Ten finished second with 68 draft picks. The ACC and Big 12 each had 38 selections this year.Advertisement