[LSU Tigers News]

If anyone wanted to prove the point that the SEC is by far the best conference in the nation all they would have to do was show a clip of the NFL draft and the numbers would speak for themselves. 32 picks were chosen in the first round and over 1/3 of those picks came from the SEC (11). The SEC led all conferences with 21 draft picks during the first day of the draft and a total of 41 players were taken from the conference overall. In this post I list player-by-player drafted round-by-round from the conference, and at the end of each round give a tally of how many students each school had drafted. At the end I tallied how many students each school had drafted. While LSU led the conference with 4 picks in the first round only 1 other Tiger got drafted after that giving them a total of 5. The Florida Gators led the conference with 9 total players drafted and that doesn't include starting quarterback Chris Leak, who was left undrafted.

Because You Know Its True... The SEC's Dominance In The NFL Draft - Sports Wrap-Up

[Lefty Noob]

This one's for all the SEC fans out there... looks like you guys have earned some bragging rights. This year.

[Tuck4Bama]

Name: Round: Pick (Overall): Team:
Jarvis Moss, DE 1 17 (17) Denver Broncos
Reggie Nelson, S 1 21 (21) Jacksonville Jaguars
Ray McDonald, DE 3 34 (97) San Francisco 49ers
Joe Cohen, DE 4 36 (135) San Francisco 49ers
Ryan Smith, CB 6 32 (206) Tennessee Titans
Dallas Baker, WR 7 17 (227) Pittsburgh Steelers
DeShawn Wynn, RB 7 18 (22 Green Bay Packers
Brandon Siler, LB 7 30 (240) San Diego Chargers

Free Agents
Jemalle Cornelius - Buffalo Bills
Brian Crum - Kansas City
Earl Everett - Cincinnati
Steven Harris - Denver Broncos
Billy Latsko - Carolina Panthers
Chris Leak - Chicago Bears
Reggie Lewis - Buffalo Bills
Steve Rissler - Dallas
Eric Wilbur - Houston Texans

Draft Notes
- With Jarvis Moss and Reggie Nelson selected in the first round, Florida has now had 37 first round draft picks in school history.
- With Jarvis Moss and Reggie Nelson selected in the first round, Florida had two first-round draft picks for the ninth time in school history. UF had two defensive players taken in the first round for the fourth time in school history.
- Moss is the first UF first-round draft pick since Rex Grossman was a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 2003.
- Moss is the highest Florida player taken since offensive lineman Kenyatta Walker was the 14th overall pick in the first round of the 2001 draft. Gerard Warren was the third pick overall in the same draft.
- Moss is the eighth UF defensive lineman to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
- Moss was the sixth defensive lineman selected in the 2007 draft and the fourth defensive end.
- Nelson is the fourth UF defensive back to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft and the second highest Gator DB ever selected (Steve Tannen was the 20th pick overall by the New York Jets in the 1970 Draft).
- The Gators had three athletes selected through three rounds of the draft for the first time since 2004 when four UF athletes were selected through the first three rounds (Ben Troupe, 40th; Keiwan Ratliff, 49th; Max Starks, 75th; Guss Scott, 95th).
- Florida had three defensive players selected through the first three rounds for the first time since 1999 when five members of the Gators’ defensive were taken.
- With Pittsburgh’s selection of Dallas Baker in the sixth round, Baker becomes the 20th Gator to be drafted by the Steelers, who have drafted UF players than any other NFL team.
- In the fourth round, defensive lineman Marcus Thomas was taken as the 121st selection by the Denver Broncos. Thomas played five games for Florida in 2006.

First Round Picks by Conference
SEC 11
Big 10 6
Big East 5
Big 12 4
ACC 3
Pac 10 1
Independent 1
Mid-American 1

SEC Notes
- The SEC finished the draft with a total of 41 players selected
- The SEC had the No. 1 pick in the draft for the fourth time in the last 10 years
- Three of the first five defensive players taken were from the SEC
- Three of the first eight players taken were from the SEC
- The SEC had 11 first round selections, which was the most of any conference.
- The 11 first round draft picks were the most ever by the SEC. In 1998 and 2005, the SEC had 10 first round draft selections.
- The SEC, Big Ten and Pac-10 were tied with the most selections in the second round with six each. The Big 12, WAC and Mountain West each had three selections.
- After two rounds, the SEC led with 17 selections, followed by the Big Ten with 13, Big 12 and the ACC with seven each.
- During the first day (three rounds of the NFL Draft), the SEC led with 21 selections, followed by the Big Ten with 18, ACC with 14, Big 12 with nine and the WAC with seven selections.