• For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the SEC once again tied or led the nation in First Round NFL Draft selections, as the league produced nine opening-round draft picks.
  
• During the last 19 NFL Drafts, the SEC has a nation-leading 168 players taken in the opening round, an average of nearly nine per season.
  
• Bryce Young is the third No. 1 overall pick from the SEC in the last four NFL Drafts and fifth in the last 10 years.
  
• This is the second consecutive year that two of the first three selections in the NFL Draft are from the SEC.
  
• This is the second time in the last four NFL Drafts that two SEC quarterbacks were selected in the Top 5.
  
• For the third time in the last four NFL Drafts, at least half of the Top 10 selections were from the SEC.
  
• The SEC had eight of the first 16 selections of the 2023 NFL Draft.
  
• The SEC now has 144 First Round NFL Draft selections since 2010.
  
• Since 2010, the SEC has over double (144) the total amount of First Round selections than the next closest conference (Big Ten - 73).
  
• Five different SEC teams (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Tennessee) had a player taken in the First Round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
  
• The SEC now has 55 Top-10 picks since 2009 and 61 since 2007.
  
• Only four schools nationally have a Top-16 pick in each of the last two NFL Drafts - three of those schools are from the SEC (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State).
  
• Since 2009, Top 10 NFL picks by league: SEC (55); Big 12 (26); ACC (25); Pac-12 (24); B1G (23), Notre Dame (4); AAC (3); MAC (3); BYU (2); Mountain West (1).
  
• Alabama and Georgia led the SEC with three First Round selections in the 2023 NFL Draft. Georgia has now seen seven defensive players drafted in the first round the last two years.
  
• Alabama has had a First-Round selection in each of the past 15 NFL Drafts, the longest streak in SEC and college football history, as well as the most First Round picks nationally since 2007 with 44.

2023 FIRST-ROUND SELECTIONS BY CONFERENCE

SEC: 9

B1G: 9

Big 12: 6

ACC: 4

Pac-12: 3

FIRST-ROUND SELECTIONS SINCE 2010

SEC: 144

Big Ten: 73

ACC: 68

Pac-12: 56

Big 12: 48

SEC FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS SINCE 2010

2023: 9

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

• The SEC became the first league in history of the common draft era with four quarterbacks selected in the first three rounds.
  
• The SEC led the nation's conferences in NFL Draft picks for the 17th consecutive year in 2023 with 62 selections, just three less than the SEC and national record set one year ago.
  
• This marks the ninth straight year for the SEC to see 50 or more players taken in the NFL Draft. Only three times in the last 28 years has another conference other than the SEC seen 50 or more players drafted.
  
• A total of 13 SEC teams had selections in the 2023 NFL Draft.
  
• This is the seventh consecutive year the SEC has seen 25 or more players selected through the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. A total of 31 selections from the SEC were made in the first three rounds in 2023. The most ever by a league outside the SEC is 25.
  
• The SEC has averaged over 50 selections per draft since 2006.
  
• Alabama and Georgia led the SEC and the nation with 10 players drafted. It was the sixth consecutive season that a SEC program led the nation in overall selections. It's also the fifth time in the last six years that the program leading the country in draft picks was Alabama or Georgia.
  
• The two-time reigning national champion Bulldogs set two new records for the most players selected across two drafts (25) and three drafts (34). This year's 10-player UGA class followed the record-setting 15 players selected in 2022 with nine more chosen in 2021.

Total 2023 NFL Draft Picks:
(Selections Per School in Parenthesis)

SEC: 62 (4.4)

Big Ten: 55 (3.9)

ACC: 32 (2.3)

Big 12: 30 (3.0)

Pac-12: 27 (2.3)

AAC: 10

Sun Belt: 9

Independent: 7

MAC: 7

MWC: 5

CUSA: 3

FCS/DII: 12

Round 1

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 1	Bryce Young	Alabama	Carolina Panthers
No. 3	Will Anderson Jr.	Alabama	Houston Texans
No 4	Anthony Richardson	Florida	Indianapolis Colts
No. 9	Jalen Carter	Georgia	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 10	Darnell Wright	Tennessee	Chicago Bears
No. 12	Jahmyr Gibbs	Alabama	Detroit Lions
No. 14	Broderick Jones	Georgia	Pittsburgh Steelers
No. 16	Emmanuel Forbes	Mississippi State	Washington Commanders
No. 30	Nolan Smith	Georgia	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 2

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 33	Will Levis	Kentucky	Tennessee Titans
No. 37	Derick Hall	Auburn	Seattle Seahawks
No. 39	Jonathan Mingo	Ole Miss	Carolina Panthers
No. 41	BJ Ojulari	LSU	Arizona Cardinals
No. 45	Brian Branch	Alabama	Detroit Lions
No. 51	Cam Smith	South Carolina	Miami Dolphins
No. 53	Gervon Dexter	Florida	Chicago Bears
No. 59	O'Cyrus Torrence	Florida	Buffalo Bills

Round 3

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 64	Zacch Pickens	South Carolina	Chicago Bears
No. 65	Tyler Steen	Alabama	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 67	Drew Sanders	Arkansas	Denver Broncos
No. 68	Hendon Hooker	Tennessee	Detroit Lions
No. 70	Byron Young	Alabama	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 73	Jalin Hyatt	Tennessee	New York Giants
No. 74	Cedric Tillman	Tennessee	Cleveland Browns
No. 77	Byron Young	Tennessee	Los Angeles Rams
No. 84	Devon Achane	Texas A&M	Miami Dolphins
No. 88	Tank Bigsby	Auburn	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 93	Darnell Washington	Georgia	Pittsburgh Steelers
No. 95	Jordan Battle	Alabama	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 97	Ricky Stromberg	Arkansas	Washington Commanders
No. 101	Cameron Latu	Alabama	San Francisco 49ers

Round 4

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 105	Kelee Ringo	Georgia	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 108	Anthony Bradford	LSU	Seattle Seahawks
No. 116	Colby Wooden	Auburn	Green Bay Packers
No. 121	Ventrell Miller	Florida	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 123	Cameron Young	Mississippi State	Seattle Seahawks
No. 124	Tavius Robinson	Ole Miss	Baltimore Ravens
No. 126	Isaiah McGuire	Missouri	Cleveland Browns
No. 128	Stetson Bennett	Georgia	Los Angeles Rams
No. 134	Jay Ward	LSU	Minnesota Vikings

Round 5

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 138	Darius Rush	South Carolina	Indianapolis Colts
No. 141	Jaquelin Roy	LSU	Minnesota Vikings
No. 150	Justin Shorter	Florida	Buffalo Bills
No. 160	Antonio Johnson	Texas A&M	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 167	Henry To'oTo'o	Alabama	Houston Texans
No. 168	Owen Pappoe	Auburn	Arizona Cardinals
No. 170	Christopher Smith	Georgia	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 173	Robert Beal Jr.	Georgia	San Francisco 49ers
No. 174	Warren McLendon	Georgia	Los Angeles Rams

Round 6

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 187	Kayshon Boutte	LSU	New England Patriots
No. 193	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	Washington Commanders
No. 203	Amari Burney	Florida	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 204	Jarrick Bernard-Converse	LSU	New York Jets
No. 207	Anders Carlson	Auburn	Green Bay Packers
No. 215	Zach Evans	Ole Miss	Los Angeles Rams

Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 187	Kayshon Boutte	LSU	New England Patriots
No. 221	Jaylon Jones	Texas A&M	Indianapolis Colts
No. 224	DeMarcco Hellams	Alabama	Atlanta Falcons
No. 225	Jovaughn Gwyn	South Carolina	Atlanta Falcons
No. 230	Nick Broeker	Ole Miss	Buffalo Bills
No. 232	Carrington Valentine	Kentucky	Green Bay Packers
No. 237	Kenny McIntosh	Georgia	Seattle Seahawks
No. 244	Jalen Brooks	South Carolina	Dallas Cowboys