Not that it comes as a surprise, but the mighty SEC continued a decade-long trend of having the most players selected during the 2011 NFL Draft.
The Southeastern Conference had 38 players selected during the three-day draft, marking the 12th time in the last 14 years that the SEC has led or tied for the most players drafted.
The Big Ten was second among college football conferences with 36 players selected, followed by the ACC (34), Pac-12 (29), Big 12 and Big East (22), WAC (16), Mountain West (8), Conference USA (7), Sun Belt (5) and MAC (3).
Since 1990, the SEC has had 820 players selected in the NFL Draft, easily the most of any conference. The Big Ten is a distant second with 708 selections during that time.
While the SEC was the most dominant conference, two schools shared the distinction of having the most players selected.
North Carolina and Southern California each had nine players taken in the draft. The Tar Heels’ total was the most for an ACC school since Virginia Tech and Miami (FL) had nine players selected in the 2006 NFL Draft.
The Hurricanes followed North Carolina and USC with eight players selected, followed by Nebraska with seven and Clemson, LSU, Iowa, and Georgia with six apiece.
