SEC teams and their No.1 overall NFL draft picks
A lot of players who come out of the SEC make good NFL players. Some even make Hall of Fame players.
But it’s strange to think that the biggest college football powerhouse in the SEC – Alabama – hasn’t had a No.1 overall draft pick since 1948.
So it got us thinking: When was the last time every SEC school had a first overall pick? For some it was very recently (Myles Garrett, Texas A&M 2017), and for some (ie Arkansas, Florida, Missouri), they are still waiting.
There are a couple of SEC times who haven’t had one in their history. Then there are some schools who seem to churn them out.
So here we go:
Alabama: 1948 (Harry Gilmer)
Arkansas: NEVER
Auburn: 2011 (Cam Newton)
Florida: NEVER
Georgia: 2009 (Matt Stafford)
Kentucky: 1999 (Tim Couch)
LSU: 2007 (JaMarcus Russell)
Missouri: NEVER
Mississippi State: NEVER
Ole Miss: 2004 (Eli Manning)
South Carolina: 2014 (Jadeveon Clowney)
Tennessee: 1998 (Peyton Manning)
Texas A&M: 2017 (Myles Garrett)
Vanderbilt: 1952 (Bill Wade)
The teams with the most No.1 overall picks in the SEC are Georgia and Auburn (4 each) and Tennessee, LSU and South Carolina have all spawned 2 each.