NFL Draft Notes - SEC leads nation for 14th consecutive year

• The SEC led the nation's conferences in NFL Draft picks for the 14th consecutive year in 2020 with 63 selections. The last time that the SEC did not top the conference draft list was in 2006.
• The nation-leading 63 NFL Draft picks is the second-most in SEC history.
• The SEC finished the first three rounds with 40 selections. That ties the all-time record for the most selections by a conference through the first FOUR rounds set by the SEC in 2013 (40).
• The SEC had 20 of the first 50 picks in the draft (40%).
• This marks the sixth straight year for the SEC to see 50 or more players taken in the NFL Draft. Only once in the last 25 years has another conference other than the SEC seen 50 or more players drafted.
• Thirteen SEC teams boasted selections in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.
• This is the fourth consecutive year the SEC has seen 25 or more players selected through the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.
• The SEC has averaged over 50 selections per draft since 2006.
• LSU set a school and SEC record with 14 total selections in the 2020 NFL Draft. This ties the all-time record for a single school in the NFL Draft.

Total 2020 NFL Draft Picks
(Selections Per School in Parenthesis)

SEC: 63 (4.5)

Big Ten: 48 (3.4)

Pac-12: 32 (2.7)

ACC: 27 (1.9)

Big 12: 21 (2.1)

Round 1 - Watch Replay

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 1	Joe Burrow	LSU	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 4	Andrew Thomas	Georgia	New York Giants
No. 5	Tua Tagovailoa	Alabama	Miami Dolphins
No. 7	Derrick Brown	Auburn	Carolina Panthers
No. 9	CJ Henderson	Florida	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 10	Jedrick Wills Jr.	Alabama	Cleveland Browns
No. 12	Henry Ruggs III	Alabama	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 14	Javon Kinlaw	South Carolina	San Francisco 49ers
No. 15	Jerry Jeudy	Alabama	Denver Broncos
No. 20	K'Lavon Chaisson	LSU	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 22	Justin Jefferson	LSU	Minnesota Vikings
No. 28	Patrick Queen	LSU	Baltimore Ravens
No. 29	Isaiah Wilson	Georgia	Tennessee Titans
No. 30	Noah Igbinoghene	Auburn	Miami Dolphins
No. 32	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	LSU	Kansas City Chiefs

Round 2 - Watch Replay

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 35	D'Andre Swift	Georgia	Detroit Lions
No. 36	Xavier McKinney	Alabama	New York Giants
No. 44	Grant Delpit	LSU	Cleveland Browns
No. 47	Marlon Davidson	Auburn	Atlanta Falcons
No. 48	Darrell Taylor	Tennessee	Seattle Seahawks
No. 51	Trevon Diggs	Alabama	Dallas Cowboys
No. 56	Raekwon Davis	Alabama	Miami Dolphins
No. 57	Van Jefferson	Florida	Los Angeles Rams
No. 61	Kristian Fulton	LSU	Tennessee Titans
No. 63	Willie Gay Jr.	Mississippi State	Kansas City Chiefs

Round 3

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 69	Damien Lewis	LSU	Seattle Seahawks
No. 71	Justin Madubuike	Texas A&M	Baltimore Ravens
No. 76	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	Vanderbilt	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 79	Jabari Zuniga	Florida	New York Jets
No. 80	Lynn Bowden Jr.	Kentucky	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 81	Bryan Edwards	South Carolina	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 83	Lloyd Cushenberry III	LSU	Denver Broncos
No. 84	Terrell Lewis	Alabama	Los Angeles Rams
No. 87	Anfernee Jennings	Alabama	New England Patriots
No. 88	Jordan Elliott	Missouri	Cleveland Browns
No. 89	Cameron Dantzler	Mississippi State	Minnesota Vikings
No. 90	Jonathan Greenard	Florida	Houston Texans
No. 95	McTelvin Agim	Arkansas	Denver Broncos
No. 97	Jacob Phillips	LSU	Cleveland Browns
No. 106	Tyre Phillips	Mississippi State	Baltimore Ravens

Round 4 - Watch Replay

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 108	Saahdiq Charles	LSU	Washington Redskins
No. 111	Solomon Kindley	Georgia	Miami Dolphins
No. 117	D.J. Wonnum	South Carolina	Minnesota Vikings
No. 118	Albert Okwuegbunam	Missouri	Denver Broncos
No. 120	La'Mical Perine	Florida	New York Jets
No. 121	Logan Stenberg	Kentucky	Detroit Lions
No. 131	Rashard Lawrence	LSU	Arizona Cardinals
No. 145	Jack Driscoll	Auburn	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 5

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 157	Daniel Thomas	Auburn	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 167	Jake Fromm	Georgia	Buffalo Bills

Round 6

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 185	Blake Ferguson	LSU	Miami Dolphins
No. 190	Charlie Woerner	Georgia	San Francisco 49ers
No. 191	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	New York Jets
No. 210	Prince Tega Wanogho	Auburn	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 214	Freddie Swain	Florida	Seattle Seahawks

Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 216	Kamren Curl	Arkansas	Washington Redskins
No. 217	Jauan Jennings	Tennessee	San Francisco 49ers
No. 238	T.J. Brunson	South Carolina	New York Giants
No. 240	Tommy Stevens	Mississippi State	New Orleans Saints
No. 249	Brian Cole II	Mississippi State	Minnesota Vikings
No. 251	Stephen Sullivan	LSU	Seattle Seahawks
No. 252	Tyrie Cleveland	Florida	Denver Broncos
No. 255	Tae Crowder	Georgia	New York Giants

DRAFT NOTES

Day 1

• For the ninth time in the last 10 years, the SEC once again led the nation in First Round NFL Draft selections, as the league produced a record 15 opening-round draft picks.
• During the last 14 NFL Drafts, the SEC has a nation-leading 135 players taken in the opening round, an average of nearly 10 per season.
• LSU's Joe Burrow is the SEC's seventh No. 1 overall pick since 2004 and first since 2017.
• The SEC sets a NFL Draft record with six of the first 10 selections. The SEC's previous high was five Top-10 picks in 2011. 
• The SEC became the first conference in the modern Draft era with two quarterbacks selected in the Top 5.
• The SEC now has an impressive 111 First Round NFL Draft selections since 2010.
• Since 2010, the SEC has over double (111) the total amount of First Round selections than the next closest conference (ACC - 54).
• Six different SEC teams (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina) had a player taken in the First Round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
• The SEC now has 40 Top-10 picks since 2009 and 46 since 2007.
• Since 2009, Top 10 NFL picks by league: SEC (40); Big 12 (20); ACC (19); Pac-12 (18); B1G (12), Notre Dame (4), MAC (3); AAC (2), Mountain West (1), BYU (1).
• LSU led the SEC and nation with a school-record five First Round selections in the 2020 NFL Draft.
• Alabama has had a First Round selection in each of the past 12 NFL Drafts, the longest streak in SEC History and 2nd-longest in college football history, as well as the most First Round picks nationally since 2007 with 33.

Day 2

• The SEC finishes the first three rounds with 40 selections. That ties the all-time record for the most selections by a conference through the first four rounds set by the SEC in 2013 (40).
• There's only been one QB (Jalen Hurts) taken in Rounds 2 & 3, which would be tied for the fewest in the last 10 drafts (2018 - Mason Rudolph)
• The SEC had 20 of the first 50 picks in the draft (40%).
• This is the first time LSU has ever had 10 players selected in a single NFL Draft. Thirteen of the 14 SEC schools have had a player selected.