SEC leads NFL Draft for 11th straight year as Alabama and Michigan set school records

The 2017 NFL Draft has come and gone, and once again it is the SEC claiming another NFL Draft national championship. A grand total of 53 players from the SEC were drafted by NFL teams. It is the 11th straight year the SEC has had the most players drafted by NFL teams.

For the 11th straight year...

The SEC had the Most Players Drafted in the #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/koZGhdbrFd

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) April 29, 2017

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Most Players Drafted by Conference:
16: SEC
15: SEC
14: SEC
13: SEC
12: SEC
11: SEC
10: SEC
09: SEC
08: SEC
07: SEC

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) April 21, 2017

The ACC ended the draft with 42 players drafted, followed by the Pac-12 (36) and Big Ten (35). The Big 12 ended the draft with just 14 players drafted.

43 #ACCFootball players chosen in the 2017 #NFLDraft, the second-highest of any conference nationally: https://t.co/uqrmnrCMkK pic.twitter.com/IZ4pbP2G1I

— The ACC (@theACC) April 30, 2017

Helping to contribute to the SEC’s NFL Draft total was Alabama setting a school record with 10 players drafted.

Eddie Jackson is the 10th Alabama player selected in this draft, the school's most in the Common Draft Era. pic.twitter.com/I14BmS4SiW

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 29, 2017

Alabama’s nine players drafted in the first 80 picks was also a new Alabama record.

History made. #BuiltByBama #rolltide #nfldraft pic.twitter.com/FKm6ChIBFp

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) April 29, 2017

Michigan ended up having more players drafted than any other Big Ten team, slipping past Ohio State by the time the draft closed up shop this year. For the Wolverines, 11 players ended up being drafted. The previous school record for draft picks was 10, set in 1972 and tied in 1974. Head coach Jim Harbaugh will get plenty of the praise for developing that many players getting a chance to be drafted, but Brady Hoke should be recognized for recruiting those players as well (and blamed for not developing the talent he brought in).

Michigan sets record on Day Three of #NFLDraft!

RELEASE » https://t.co/VFrHsHlfFx #GoBlue #ProBlue #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/r0T4rk0Cbu

— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) April 30, 2017