Among all colleges and universities, as of 2022, the University of Miami . T57. But this year's event will be drastically different than many drafts of the past, as it will be completely virtual. But when it comes to the first round, two teams are tied atop the record books. One massive blemish on their drafting record is Wilson, who is currently out of football just one year after they took him in the first round. 1. T57. T1. This feels like a year where there could be some history made. Recently, NFL Media experts made their picks for the best undrafted free agent currently in the NFL. Worst Pick: Mitchell Trubisky (2017, 1st). T57. Florida State 4 The Seminoles will employ two $1 million coordinators for the first time in 2023. Georgia - 9 T3. 12. LSU 7 But the program whiffed in the 2022 NFL Draft: Not a single Longhorn was selected by any team in any round. The NFL Draft takes place over three days (Thursday through Saturday) each spring. 1 in 2018, and quarterback Kyler Murray was picked first in 2019. Notre Dame saw two of its players selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. (Photo: Robert B. Stanton/WireImage, Getty), (Photo: Dannie Walls/Icon Sportswire, Getty), Defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux (pictured) was the lone Duck drafted in 2022; Thibodeaux was taken with the fifth overall pick by the New York Giants. The Sporting News dives into the history of the draft. The very first player selected in the very first NFL draft of the 21st century was Penn State's Courtney Brown. Drafting quarterbacks in the top 10 in back-to-back years certainly is unorthodox, but it has worked out for Arizona. The 2020 NFL draft begins April 23 and runs through April 25. Big Ten - 2.93 3. T57. Micah Parsons, Penn State, LB Dallas Cowboys, 13. Caleb Farley, Virginia Tech, CB Tennessee Titans, 23. (Photo: David Dermer/Diamond Images/, Getty), (Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports), In 2021, Penn State saw four more alums drafted, including first-rounders, (Photo: Daniel Bartel/Icon Sportswire, Getty), Notre Dame saw two of its players selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. In the 2010s, Miami didn't produce as many upper-echelon draft picks as the program did in the aughts, but the school was still responsible for providing the NFL with the likes of Jimmy Graham (pictured), Lamar Miller and Olivier Vernon. He is a graduate of Indiana University. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Only one other school (Miami, with 30) has seen more than 24 of its players taken in the first round, and just 23 colleges have double-digit first-rounders since 2000. Here's a quick guide to wide receiver DeVonta Smith's college career at Alabama. 1 draft selection. Mountain West 3.26 9. Next: University of Iowa 1 / 14 Credit. As of 2022, at least one University of Miami player has been selected in the NFL Draft in 48 consecutive NFL drafts, dating back to 1975. Penn State - 359 5. Best draft classes. They drafted 11 players last year and 10 of them appeared in at least half of their games. The 2021 NFL Draft pushed Alabama 2017 even with them for most picks from one roster in history. Experts say that students drop out due to a mix of financial, academic and personal reasons. The five football conferences with autonomous governance accounted for 197 of the 254 NCAA draft picks (SEC=64, Big Ten=40, ACC=34 [includes Notre Dame], Pac-12=33, Big 12=26). Read on to find out if your favorite schools made the cut -- and learn which program is the winner of this game. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NFL Draft prospect Cade Johnson's top FCS playoff highlights, Spotify: College footballthrough the years, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. T57. On the whole, the Longhorns remain the top-ranked school from the state of Texas. T11. Former GM Thomas Dimitroff lost his job this year in part because he did not hit on enough of those players, and Atlantas roster has gotten worse since its Super Bowl appearance in 2016. The 2009 NFL Draft was a high-water mark for Oregon State. T11. T21. T35. Sure, in Jeff Otah, Pitt arguably produced one of the biggest NFL draft busts of the century, but the school has also given rise to stellar next-level talents such as Aaron Donald, LeSean McCoy, Darrelle Revis and sure-to-be Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald. T21. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2020 NFL Draft Preview. The focus shifted west to USC in the 70s and 80s before settling into a varied approach that has seen schools from the Midwest, California, and the Southeast regularly headlining NFL rosters over the last 30 years. Mississippi State has produced four fewer first-round picks this century than its Egg Bowl rival, Ole Miss, but it's gaining ground on that front: In 2019 alone, three Bulldogs, including defensive-end Montez Sweat, were first-round selections. Kyle Pitts, Florida, TE Atlanta Falcons, 5. 1 - Alabama Crimson Tide - In the 2017 through 2021 NFL Drafts, 51 of Nick Saban's players were selected by NFL teams. MORE DRAFT HISTORY:Colleges with the most overall No. 1 pick of the 2005 NFL Draft, quarterback Alex Smith (pictured). Edward Sutelan is a content producer at The Sporting News. Joe Tryon, Washington, EDGE Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Just four teams have had fewer. In the aughts, Texas produced the high-profile likes of Vince Young (pictured), Leonard Davis and Roy Williams. Louisiana 1 In the 2022 draft alone, the Bruins sent six players to the NFL. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Another thing to note about the depth of the 1983 draft is that several really good players were drafted by and played for the USFL. ACC - 2.54 5. Watson was a great pick at No. Instead, they are turning to Carson Wentz as their next attempt at solving their quarterback issue. Appalachian State 1 Ole Miss 2 Cincinnati 4 NFL and AFL draft picks from 1936 to 2022. Notre Dame - 495 2. Mac Jones, Alabama, QB New England Patriots, 16. Do you have a blog? Big 12 - 2.15. And while the Fighting Irish has. Here is the complete list, sorted in descending order of number of players drafted, then alphabetically: T1. Other notable alums who've been selected this century are. The record belongs to Texas in the 1984 NFL Draft, when 17 players were selected. Notre Dame - 9. T35. Expand. In 2022, seven Oklahoma players were drafted. Northern Iowa 2 In 2022, six Bears were drafted -- enough to vault their school into our Top 50. 2021 draft class included defender Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. National Football League rosters are filled with players from more than 200 schools. Jenkins, SF, 30th in 2012. NSIC 1 They have had just 33 picks over five years. Alabama has had at least 10 players taken in four of the past five drafts. 14. Detroit should have more to show after 43 picks in the past five years and an average first pick of 13.6. The SEC previously had 64 players chosen in the 2019 draft, falling just short of that number with 63 in 2020 only to surpass it by one in the 2021 NFL Draft. Star alums include Michael Bennett, Joe Thomas, brothers J.J. Watt and T.J. Watt, Travis Frederick, Melvin Gordon and, a certain graduate transfer from North Carolina State by the name of Russell Wilson (pictured), a third-round pick in 2012. Welcome to College Football News's European Union Experience. Jacksonville provides an example of how drafting well does not always lead to long-term success. 1. In the seven-round era, there have only been 14 schools that have had at least 10 players drafted in a single year. MORE: Notre Dame-only mock draft for 2022. Carthedge. In 2022, seven Oklahoma players were drafted. The University of Georgia Bulldogs saw 15 of its players drafted this week, breaking an all-time NFL record for most players selected from a single college team in a seven-round draft . The NFL is falling more in love with the SEC as time passes, though. DeVonta Smith, Alabama, WR Philadelphia Eagles, 11. Kyler Murray, taken first overall in 2019, has played well in his first two years and looks like a longtime starting quarterback there. T57. Players like Frank Ragnow and T.J. Hockenson look like keepers, but the new regime just let Golladay walk and may be turning the roster over. GM Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott have built a strong team in Buffalo largely through the draft. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. Florida is the top-ranked school here from the Sunshine State. 7. With free agency around the corner, players rated how teams treated them off the field: for better or for worse. Despite GMs drafting from the confines of their homes, more than 250 players will be selected next week. ACC - 2.67 5. NFL/AFL Yearly Draft Statistics. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Experts advise college-minded students to stay focused through the end of the school year. Still, it is surprising to see Belichick in this kind of personnel slump. Where applicable, ties were broken by a team's number of first-round picks. Ravens (1) Pro Bowlers: 6 Best Pick: Lamar Jackson (2018, 1st round) Worst Pick: Hayden Hurst (2018, 1st) The Ravens repeat as our top drafting team. Spencer Rattler (2020) - 95.0 2. T21. 1 picks in NFL Draft history. If he keeps improving, they will climb these rankings. There are five players each for Arizona, Cleveland, Dallas, Minnesota and Oakland. Offensive lineman Nate Solder was selected out of Colorado by the New England Patriots in 2011. T1. The Big East and Notre Dame lost nine players to the draft last season, and most hurt was Cincinnati, which lost two interior defensive linemen.Somewhat frighteningly, Rutgers, the conference's top defense last season, lost no one to the draft. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. igers quarterback Trevor Lawrence (pictured) with 2021's overall No. Wentz had some good years before fizzling out in Philadelphia, so Ill still give him the nod as their best pick, but that tells you a lot. Auburn, Georgia and Stanford are next at four;LSU, Ohio State and Texas have each had three; California, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Tech all have two. Texas A&M 4 Advanced searches of every pick from every team available at the Draft Finder, NFL Combine results available at NFL Combine Results Finder, or see yearly totals by position. Neither went particularly well, but Gettleman picks like Barkley and Daniel Jones could make their drafting record look better soon. San Diego State 1 Josh Allen blossomed last year and looks like the real deal. T21. College 1: 5: 5: Stan Heath: Quarterback: Nevada: 2: 4: 15: Dan Dworsky: Center: Michigan: 3: 4: 25: Lou Ferry: Tackle: Villanova: 4: 3: 34: . T35. Najee Harris, Alabama, RB Pittsburgh Steelers, 25. NFL draft picks since 2000: 45 First-rounders: 6 The electric Robert Griffin III, the No. Other notable Oregon alums selected this century include quarterbacks. FOX Sports' RJ Young is joined by NFL Draft Analyst Rob Rang to discuss the best running back and wide receiver prospects in this years class. Undrafted free agents who signed NFL deals are not included. Tulsa 1 Anderson's had an incredibly valid point about needing to "gang tackle him" since Robinson led the nation with 113 tackles avoided in 2022, the most by any FBS player in the last five seasons, according to Pro Football Focus. Green, Justin Houston, Geno Atkins, and Todd Gurley are some of the best players at their respective positions in the NFL; all of them played for the Bulldogs at one. Buffalo 1 Tom Brady (pictured, left) was an NFL draft pick, albeit an unheralded one, out of Michigan in 2000. T57. 2022 was another good year for the Tar Heels. Travis Etienne, Clemson, RB Jacksonville Jaguars, 26. The NFL drafted four HBCU players in 2019, when the Houston Texans made tackle Tytus Howard of Alabama State the first first-round pick from an HBCU since 2008. T57. Here's what you may have missed in men's college basketball on Saturday, Feb. 11, a day full of upsets. Colleges With Most Draft Picks; College Number; Notre Dame: 522: USC: 519: Ohio State: 479: Oklahoma: 409: Michigan: 392: Alabama: 391: Penn State: 375: Louisiana . Jamin Davis, Kentucky, LB Washington Football Team, 20. A total of 63 players were drafted from SEC programs, 16 more . Penei Sewell, Oregon, OT Detroit Lions, 8. Camera-ready Cam Newton has been in the spotlight since he led Auburn to a national championship, won the Heisman Trophy -- and was selected as the overall No. Southland 1 On defense, players like White and Tremaine Edmunds have been highly productive. This is an updated countdown of the NFL's top feeder schools from the 2000 NFL Draft to the 2022 NFL Draft. Conference USA 2.5 10. ACC - 2.61 3(t). SEC - 4.05 2. The 2020 NFL draft is set to begin on Thursday. Making connections while you're still a student can help when it's time to enter the workforce. Alabama - 10. Pac-12 - 2.63 3(t). Back in 2004, the Hurricanes set the record with six, when Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow II, Jonathan Vilma, D.J. Here's a look at which schools have had the most players. However, when the projected top-five pick in the 2023 NFL Draft was asked Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis who the toughest player he faced in college was, the All-American . T8. Big Ten school on this list, but its roster of draft selections this century is first-rate. Not only did Conroy go straight from high school to MLB like Morgan, he also was -- get this -- the second 1978 first-round draftee by the A's to circumvent the Minor Leagues, debuting for Oakland almost two weeks after Morgan did. In total, nine schools have reached the triple digits in draftees. The last time a Wolverine was picked first overall came back in 2008, when the Dolphins took offensive tackle Jake Long. 1. Green Bay found an absolute gem in Jones, who collected 3,017 yards from scrimmage and 30. Rebels quarterback Eli Manning was selected in the top spot by the San Diego Chargers in 2004, en route to being swapped in a draft-day deal to the New York Giants for their first-round pick, Philip Rivers. Thatd be Ohio State (naturally), and Alabama, both of which have had 31 first-rounders in the past 20 years. That's the same number of Washington alums taken in 2021. The Jets are the worst team in the NFL over this period (23 wins) and their drafting is a big reason why. Barnett was snapped up by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 14th overall pick in 2017. Recent draftees include Garrett Wilson (pictured), Justin Fields, Chase Young, Ezekiel Elliott and the Bosa brothers (Nick and Joey). Big 12 10.3 6. The record is currently shared by two programs: Miami and Alabama. That discussion had me wondering. South Carolina 4 Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE. 1 pick Elvin Hayes (San Diego Rickets) | Full Draft 1967 | No. Quinton Flowers (2015) - 92.0 Rattler's arm talent is special. Other notable Oregon alums selected this century include quarterbacksJustin Herbert, Marcus Mariota and Joey Harington. Best Pick: Dak Prescott (2016, fourth round) Worst Pick: Randy Gregory (2015 . T57. Georgia - 9. (UA Athletics/Collegiate Images via Getty Images). T57. Here's a list of the 120. So far, defensive great Mario Williams is the lone Wolfpack player to be selected this century with a No. The second of two newcomers to this list, Cincinnati bounds into the Top 50 thanks to having a whopping nine players, including quarterback Desmond Ridder, selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. 1 draft selection. T21. T13. We also factored in how much the team has won during the five years because players on losing teams tend to have an easier path to playing time. T35. Baylor 1 Pat Surtain II, Alabama, CB Denver Broncos, 10. Zaven Collins, Tulsa, LB Arizona Cardinals, 17. Stanford 5 Arkansas (274) 24. SEC - 3.85 2. Kwity Paye, Michigan, EDGE Indianapolis Colts, 22. Worst draft . In the 2020 NFL Draft, five Horned Frogs heard their names called, including two in the first round: Jalen Reagor (pictured); and, Jeff Gladney. When this list was originally published in 2020, Missouri ranked 47th. of juice, it's squeezed out for the top spot in this countdown by another college football powerhouse. 1 since Matthew Stafford in 2009. Less than a third of faculty members at these schools, on average, are white, according to U.S. News data. Missouri 5 Two former Crimson Tide stars are expected to be very high first round draft picks, likely in the top five of this year . 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