SEC Football Players in the 2005 NFL Draft

SEC IN THE 2005 NFL DRAFT
April 23-24
New York City
37 SEC Players Selected
  • The SEC led all conferences this season in the most first round draft selections (10), first day selections (20) and most overall draft selections (37).
  • Since the 1993 NFL Draft, the SEC has either tied or led the nation in most overall draft selections every year except four (1993, 1995, 1997 and 2004).
  • The SEC's 10 first round selections tied a high for the league, also set in 1998. Since conference expansion in 1992, the SEC has had at least four first round selections every year with the exception of 1995 (3).
  • The 37 total draft selections is the least for the SEC since 1997, when the league had 25 players selected. The SEC also had 37 players selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.
  • For the first time since the 1998 NFL Draft, every SEC team had at least one player selected.
  • It is the first time since the 1994 NFL Draft that every SEC team had at least one player selected by the end of the sixth round.


Number of Players Selected by Conference (Top 5)

1st Round
SEC - 10
ACC - 5
Big 12 - 5
Big Ten - 4
Pac 10 - 3

1st Day
SEC - 20
Big 12 - 17
ACC - 15
Big Ten - 13
Pac 10 - 13

Overall
SEC - 37
ACC - 36
Big 12 - 34
Pac 10 - 33
Big Ten - 30


By Round (Listed by Selection)

First (10)
MIAMI - Ronnie Brown, RB, Auburn (2nd Overall)
TAMPA BAY - Carnell Williams, RB, Auburn (5th)
MINNESOTA - Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina (7th)
WASHINGTON - Carlos Rogers, CB, Auburn (9th)
CAROLINA - Thomas Davis, S, Georgia (14th)
CINCINNATI - David Pollack, DE, Georgia (17th)
DALLAS - Marcus Spears, DE, LSU (20th)
JACKSONVILLE - Matt Jones, WR, Arkansas (21st)
WASHINGTON - Jason Campbell, QB, Auburn (25th)
SEATTLE - Chris Spencer, C, Ole Miss (26th)

Second (5)
PHILADELPHIA - Reggie Brown, WR, Georgia (35th)
DALLAS - Kevin Burnett, OLB, Tennessee (42nd)
N.Y. GIANTS - Corey Webster, CB, LSU (43rd)
CINCINNATI - Odell Thurman, LB, Georgia (48th)
MINNESOTA - Marcus Johnson, OT, Ole Miss (49th)

Third (5)
MIAMI - Channing Crowder, LB, Florida (70th)
CAROLINA - Evan Mathis, OG, Alabama (79th)
SEATTLE - David Greene, QB, Georgia (85th)
INDIANAPOLIS - Vincent "Sweet Pea" Burns, DE, Kentucky (92nd)
KANSAS CITY - Dustin Colquitt, P, Tennessee (99th)

Fourth (4)
MIAMI - Travis Daniels, CB, LSU (104th)
MINNESOTA - Ciatrick Fason, RB, Florida (112th)
TENNESSEE - Davis Stewart, OT, Mississippi State (113th)
PITTSBURGH - Fred Gibson, WR, Georgia (131st)

Fifth (3)
SAN FRANCISCO - Ronald Fields, DT, Mississippi State (137th)
SEATTLE - Jeb Huckeba, OLB, Arkansas (159th)
SAN DIEGO - Wesley Britt, OT, Alabama (164th)

Sixth (4)
TAMPA BAY - Anthony Bryant, DT, Alabama (178th)
N.Y. JETS - Cedric Houston, RB, Tennessee (182nd)
CAROLINA - Jovan Haye, DE, Vanderbilt (189th)
BUFFALO - Justin Geisinger, OG, Vanderbilt (197th)

Seventh (6)
TENNESSEE - Reynaldo Hill, CB, Florida (218th)
CHICAGO - Rodriques Wilson, SS, South Carolina (220th)
TAMPA BAY - Rick Razzano, RB, Ole Miss (221st)
DALLAS - Jay Ratliff, DE, Auburn (224th)
SEATTLE - Cornelius Wortham, OLB, Alabama (235th)
ATLANTA - Darrell Shropshire, DT, South Carolina (241st)


By School (Listed by Selection)

Alabama (4)
Evan Mathis, OG, CAROLINA (79th)
Wesley Britt, OT, SAN DIEGO (164th)
Anthony Bryant, DT, TAMPA BAY (178th)
Cornelius Wortham, OLB, SEATTLE (235th)

Arkansas (2)
Matt Jones, WR, JACKSONVILLE (21st)
Jeb Huckeba, OLB, SEATTLE (159th)

Auburn (5)
Ronnie Brown, RB, MIAMI (2nd)
Carnell Williams, RB, TAMPA BAY (5th)
Carlos Rogers, CB, WASHINGTON (9th)
Jason Campbell, QB, WASHINGTON (25th)
Jay Ratliff, DE, DALLAS (224th)

Florida (3)
Channing Crowder, LB, MIAMI (70th)
Ciatrick Fason, RB, MINNESOTA (112th)
Reynaldo Hill, CB, TENNESSEE (218th)

Georgia (6)
Thomas Davis, S, CAROLINA (14th)
David Pollack, DE, CINCINNATI (17th)
Reggie Brown, WR, PHILADELPHIA (35th)
Odell Thurman, LB, CINCINNATI (48th)
David Greene, QB, SEATTLE (85th)
Fred Gibson, WR, PITTSBURGH (131st)

Kentucky (1)
Vincent "Sweet Pea" Burns, DE, INDIANAPOLIS (92nd)

LSU (3)
Marcus Spears, DE, DALLAS (20th)
Corey Webster, CB, N.Y. GIANTS (43rd)
Travis Daniels, CB, MIAMI (104th)

Ole Miss (3)
Chris Spencer, C, SEATTLE (26th)
Marcus Johnson, OT, MINNESOTA (49th)
Rick Razzano, RB, TAMPA BAY (221st)

Mississippi State (2)
David Stewart, OT, TENNESSEE (113th)
Ronald Fields, DT, SAN FRANCISCO (137th)

South Carolina (3)
Troy Williamson, WR, MINNESOTA (7th)
Rodriques Wilson, SS, CHICAGO (220th)
Darrell Shropshire, DT, ATLANTA (241st)

Tennessee (3)
Kevin Burnett, OLB, DALLAS (42nd)
Dustin Colquitt, P, KANSAS CITY (99th)
Cedric Houston, RB, N.Y. JETS (182nd)

Vanderbilt (2)
Jovan Haye, DE, CAROLINA (189th)
Justin Geisinger, OG, BUFFALO (197th)