Conference NFL Draft picks

[No13Seed Jim]

Bobby and Hank showed, and talked, this graphic this afternoon on the OTF You Tube channel. SEC looks great but even better when you figure SEC has 2 less members than both B1G and ACC making their numbers.

Average draft picks per member school:

SEC.   5.44

B1G.   3.78

ACC.   2.11

Big 12 2.38

 

[Burnt Orange Horn]

Really surprised mediocre 12 had the same as ACC.

[No13Seed Jim]

Would be very interesting to see total draft picks by P4 conferenc based ONLY on the bottom 8 schools in final conference standings.

@CJ Vogel @Blake Munroe?

[Alex Butler]

Notre Lame should’ve counted towards ACC or Big 10. I’m so over them and their independence bs. 

[No13Seed Jim]

3 hours ago, Alex Butler said:

Notre Lame should’ve counted towards ACC or Big 10. I’m so over them and their independence bs. 

Same. ND should have no special status as independent.

[Glass Joe]

For me, the real headline from this NFL draft is that only 4 players from FCS level were drafted…and 2 of those 4 players were from North Dakota State (who is moving up to FBS this season).

What is shows is that economics are driven college football more and more into a true Major league and Minor leagues structure.  Talent will always flow to the top conferences - and increasingly the lower leagues will be devoid of elite talent (NFL-worthy talent).

I have not seen the analysis yet, but it would be fascinating to see the number of NFL draftees by school originally attended out of high school (instead of the college where they played their final season before getting drafted).  This would be incredibly revealing.  For example, Tech had 9 players drafted, but 8 of those players were transfer via portal from other schools, and only 1 was recruited to Texh from high school.  This is why the number of players drafted for the Big 12 is surprisingly high…they can source players from G5 or FCS that are talented enough to get drafted.

[Here for the Wins]

That would be interesting to see - original schools versus transfers.  And track those drafted thst originated at FCS schools.