Which college football program leads the SEC in players drafted -- all-time -- in the first round of the NFL draft?


The answer is – it’s a tie!

There’s been a long-standing, friendly, competition between Florida and Tennessee over which school has had the most #1 draft picks sent to the NFL.


Coming into the 2008 NFL draft, the Vols and Gators led the SEC in all-time NFL #1 draft picks. Historically, each had 37 players selected all-time in the NFL draft – before the 2008 NFL draft.


After 2008 – each now has had 38.


In 2008, Florida ’s (DE) Derrick Harvey was taken as the 8th overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tennessee ’s (ILB) Jerod Mayo was taken 10th overall by the New England Patriots.


So, the great SEC-East rivalry between UF and UT rages on for another year in yet another venue.


Below is a list of the players each Southeastern Conference football program has had selected in the first round of the NFL draft (through the 2008 draft). This list only includes first round NFL and AFL (1961-65) picks (no no USFL, CFL, WFL #1s). An asterisk next to a players' name indicates he was the very first player taken in the draft that year (so #1 overall).


You'll see that the great Alabama-Auburn rivalry also continues here -- amazing -- ranked right on top of each other!


The Ole Miss - Miss. State Rivalry also continues here.


Gotta love SEC football rivalries!!


Also -- check out LSU!! What's amazing about the Tigers is you'll see they had 4 players drafted in the 1st round of the 2007 NFL draft. Then, of course, LSU followed that up by winning college football's 2008 BCS National Championship game -- without those 4 players. Amazing!!

1. Tennessee Volunteers (38)


2. Florida Gators (38)


3. LSU Tigers (32)


4. Alabama Crimson Tide (29)


5. Auburn Tigers (25)


6. Arkansas Razorbacks (24) (but only 7 while part of SEC)


7. Georgia Bulldogs (21)


8. Kentucky Wildcats (14)


9. Ole Miss Rebels (14)


10. Mississippi State Bulldogs (10)


11. South Carolina Gamecocks (9) (but only 5 while part of SEC)


12. Vanderbilt Commodores (8)


13. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3) (while part of SEC)


14. Tulane Green Wave (1) (while part of SEC)

Thanks to Tex Noel for the info that went into these charts. The charts will tell you the name and year of every SEC player ever drafted in the first round of the NFL draft.

Also, you can find out which conference has had the most players drafted by the NFL at NFL Draft College Conference History.

Yr Draft	Player	School
1945	Paul Duhart	Florida
1950	Chuck Hunsinger	Florida
1967	Steve Spurrier	Florida
1969	Larry Smith	Florida
1970	Steve Tannen	Florida
1971	Jack Youngblood	Florida
1972	John Reaves	Florida
1975	Glenn Cameron	Florida
1978	Wes Chandler	Florida
1983	James Jones	Florida
1984	Wilber Marshall	Florida
1985	Lomas Brown	Florida
1985	Lorenzo Hampton	Florida
1986	John L. Williams	Florida
1986	Neal Anderson	Florida
1987	Ricky Nattiel	Florida
1988	Clifford Charlton	Florida
1989	David Williams	Florida
1989	Louis Oliver	Florida
1989	Trace Armstrong	Florida
1990	Emmitt Smith	Florida
1991	Huey Richardson	Florida
1995	Ellis Johnson	Florida
1995	Kevin Carter	Florida
1997	Ike Hilliard	Florida
1997	Reidel Anthony	Florida
1998	Fred Taylor	Florida
1998	Mo Collins	Florida
1999	Jevon Kearse	Florida
1999	Reggie McGrew	Florida
2000	Travis Taylor	Florida
2001	Gerard Warren	Florida
2001	Kenyatta Walker	Florida
2002	Lito Sheppard	Florida
2003	Rex Grossman	Florida
2007	Jarvis Moss	Florida
2007	Reggie Nelson	Florida
2008	Derrick Harvey	Florida

Yr Draft	Player	School
1940	*George Cafego	Tennessee
1952	Bert Rechichar	Tennessee
1953	Doug Atkins	Tennessee
1964	Dick Evey	Tennessee
1965	Steve DeLong	Tennessee
1968	Bob Johnson	Tennessee
1970	Jack Reynolds	Tennessee
1977	Stanley Morgan	Tennessee
1979	Robert Shaw	Tennessee
1980	Roland James	Tennessee
1982	Anthony Hancock	Tennessee
1983	Willie Gault	Tennessee
1984	Clyde Duncan	Tennessee
1985	Alvin Toles	Tennessee
1986	Tim McGee	Tennessee
1988	Anthony Miller	Tennessee
1988	Terry McDaniel	Tennessee
1989	Keith DeLong	Tennessee
1991	Alvin Harper	Tennessee
1991	Antone Davis	Tennessee
1991	Charles McRae	Tennessee
1992	Chris Mims	Tennessee
1992	Dale Carter	Tennessee
1993	Todd Kelly	Tennessee
1995	James Stewart	Tennessee
1998	*Peyton Manning	Tennessee
1998	Marcus Nash	Tennessee
1998	Terry Fair	Tennessee
1999	Al Wilson	Tennessee
2000	Jamal Lewis	Tennessee
2000	Shaun Ellis	Tennessee
2002	Albert Haynesworth	Tennessee
2002	Donte' Stallworth	Tennessee
2002	John Henderson	Tennessee
2006	Jason Allen	Tennessee
2007	Justin Harrell	Tennessee
2007	Robert Meachem	Tennessee
2008	Jerod Mayo	Tennessee

Yr Draft	Player	School
1944	Steve Van Buren	LSU
1946	Dub Jones	LSU
1951	Ebert Van Buren	LSU
1951	Kenny Konz	LSU
1951	Y.A. Tittle	LSU
1957	Earl Leggett	LSU
1960	*Billy Cannon	LSU
1960	John Robinson	LSU
1962	Earl Gros	LSU
1962	Wendell Harris	LSU
1963	Jerry Stovall	LSU
1965	Dave McCormick	LSU
1966	George Rice	LSU
1973	Bert Jones	LSU
1975	Mike Williams	LSU
1977	A.J. Duhe	LSU
1979	Charles Alexander	LSU
1988	Wendell Davis	LSU
1989	Eric Hill	LSU
1991	Harvey Williams	LSU
1996	Eddie Kennison	LSU
1997	David LaFleur	LSU
1998	Alan Faneca	LSU
1999	Anthony McFarland	LSU
2004	Michael Clayton	LSU
2005	Marcus Spears	LSU
2006	Joseph Addai	LSU
2007	*JaMarcus Russell	LSU
2007	Craig Davis	LSU
2007	Dwayne Bowe	LSU
2007	LaRon LandryGlenn Dorsey	LSU
2008	Glenn Dorsey	LSU

Yr Draft	Player	School
1948	*Harry Gilmer	Alabama
1951	Clarence Avinger	Alabama
1953	Bobby Marlow	Alabama
1963	Lee Roy Jordan	Alabama
1965	Joe Namath	Alabama
1967	Leslie Kelley	Alabama
1968	Dennis Homan	Alabama
1973	John Hannah	Alabama
1974	Wilbur Jackson	Alabama
1976	Richard Todd	Alabama
1978	Bob Cryder	Alabama
1978	Ozzie Newsome	Alabama
1979	Barry Kraus	Alabama
1979	Marty Lyons	Alabama
1980	Don McNeal	Alabama
1981	E.J. Junior	Alabama
1983	Mike Pitts	Alabama
1985	Emanuel King	Alabama
1986	Jon Hand	Alabama
1987	Cornelius Bennett	Alabama
1989	Derrick Thomas	Alabama
1990	Keith McCants	Alabama
1993	Eric Curry	Alabama
1993	George Teague	Alabama
1993	John Copeland	Alabama
1994	Antonio Langham	Alabama
1997	Dwayne Rudd	Alabama
1999	Fernando Bryant	Alabama
2000	Shaun Alexander	Alabama

Yr Draft	Player	School
1950	Travis Tidwell	Auburn
1955	Dave Middleton	Auburn
1956	Joe Childress	Auburn
1958	Jim Phillips	Auburn
1959	Jackie Burkett	Auburn
1961	*Ken Rice	Auburn
1965	*Tucker Frederickson	Auburn
1968	Forrest Blue	Auburn
1972	Terry Beasley	Auburn
1978	Reese McCall	Auburn
1981	James Brooks	Auburn
1986	*Bo Jackson	Auburn
1986	Gerald Robinson	Auburn
1987	Brent Fullwood	Auburn
1988	*Aundray Bruce	Auburn
1994	Wayne Gandy	Auburn
1996	Willie Anderson	Auburn
1998	Takeo Spikes	Auburn
1998	Victor Riley	Auburn
2002	Kendall Simmons	Auburn
2005	Carlos Rogers	Auburn
2005	Carnell Williams	Auburn
2005	Jason Campbell	Auburn
2005	Ronnie Brown	Auburn
2007	Ben Grubbs	Auburn

Yr Draft	Player	School
1938	Jack Robbins	Arkansas
1940	Kay Eakin	Arkansas
1948	Clyde Scott	Arkansas
1954	Lamar McHan	Arkansas
1956	Preston Carpenter	Arkansas
1962	Lance Alworth	Arkansas
1963	Danny Brabham	Arkansas
1967	Harry Jones	Arkansas
1967	Loyd Phillips	Arkansas
1978	Steve Little	Arkansas
1979	Dan Hampton	Arkansas
1981	Keith Van Horne	Arkansas
1983	Billy Ray Smith	Arkansas
1983	Gary Anderson	Arkansas
1984	Ron Faurot	Arkansas
1989	Steve Atwater	Arkansas
1989	Wayne Martin	Arkansas
1994	Henry Ford	Arkansas
2004	Ahmad Carroll	Arkansas
2004	Shawn Andrews	Arkansas
2005	Matt Jones	Arkansas
2007	Jamaal Anderson	Arkansas
2008	Darren McFadden	Arkansas
2008	Felix Jones	Arkansas

Yr Draft	Player	School
1945	Charley Trippi	Georgia
1948	Dan Edwards	Georgia
1953	Harry Babcock	Georgia
1969	Bill Stanfill	Georgia
1972	Royce Smith	Georgia
1982	Lindsay Scott	Georgia
1989	Tim Worley	Georgia
1990	Ben Smith	Georgia
1990	Rodney Hampton	Georgia
1993	Garrison Hearst	Georgia
1994	Bernard Williams	Georgia
1998	Robert Edwards	Georgia
1999	Matt Stinchcomb	Georgia
2001	Marcus Stroud	Georgia
2001	Richard Seymour	Georgia
2002	Charles Grant	Georgia
2003	George Foster	Georgia
2003	Johnathan Sullivan	Georgia
2004	Ben Watson	Georgia
2005	David Pollack	Georgia
2005	Thomas Davis	Georgia

Yr Draft	Player	School
1951	Bob Gain	Kentucky
1952	Vito Parilli	Kentucky
1958	Lou Michaels	Kentucky
1962	Irv Goode	Kentucky
1963	Tom Hutchinson	Kentucky
1966	Rick Norton	Kentucky
1966	Rodger Bird	Kentucky
1966	Sam Ball	Kentucky
1977	Randy Burke	Kentucky
1977	Warren Bryant	Kentucky
1978	Art Still	Kentucky
1985	George Adams	Kentucky
1999	*Tim Couch	Kentucky
2003	Dewayne Robertson	Kentucky

Yr Draft	Player	School
1942	Merle Hapes	Mississippi
1954	Ed Beatty	Mississippi
1961	Robert Crespino	Mississippi
1966	Mike Dennis	Mississippi
1966	Stan Hindman	Mississippi
1971	Archie Manning	Mississippi
1985	Freddie Joe Nunn	Mississippi
1990	Tony Bennett	Mississippi
1994	Tim Bowens	Mississippi
1998	John Avery	Mississippi
2001	Deuce McAllister	Mississippi
2004	Eli Manning	Mississippi
2005	Chris Spencer	Mississippi
2007	Patrick Willis	Mississippi

Yr Draft	Player	School
1950	Harper Davis	Mississippi State
1956	Art Davis	Mississippi State
1959	Bill Stacey	Mississippi State
1963	Jim Dunaway	Mississippi State
1975	Jimmy Webb	Mississippi State
1982	Glen Collins	Mississippi State
1982	Johnnie Cooks	Mississippi State
1983	Michael Haddix	Mississippi State
1996	Eric Moulds	Mississippi State
1996	Walt Harris	Mississippi State

Yr Draft	Player	School
1979	Rick Sanford	South Carolina
1981	*George Rogers	South Carolina
1981	Willie Scott	South Carolina
1988	Sterling Sharpe	South Carolina
1993	Ernest Dye	South Carolina
2000	John Abraham	South Carolina
2004	Dunta Robinson	South Carolina
2005	Troy Williamson	South Carolina
2006	Johnathan Joseph	South Carolina

Yr Draft	Player	School
1952	*Bill Wade	Vanderbilt
1956	Charles Horton	Vanderbilt
1958	Phil King	Vanderbilt
1960	Tom Moore	Vanderbilt
1984	Leonard Coleman	Vanderbilt
1986	Will Wolford	Vanderbilt
2006	Jay Cutler	Vanderbilt
2008	Chris Williams	Vanderbilt

Yr Draft	Player	School
1955	Larry Morris	Georgia Tech
1963	Rufus Guthrie	Georgia Tech
1964	Ted Davis	Georgia Tech

Yr Draft	Player	School
1961	*Tommy Mason	Tulane

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