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2018 Draft Value By College and Conference

You will not be surprised to learn that Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia were the three schools that dominated the 2018 NFL Draft. Players from the Crimson Tide were taken using draft slots worth 83.9 points of value, the most of any school; second was Ohio State with 70.4 points of value, followed by Georgia (68.7), USC (55.7), and Penn State (54.5).

On the other hand, with the exception of the number one overall pick, the Big 12 has a pretty shaky draft. In fact, after Baker Mayfield, the next player selected from the Big 12 was Texas guard Connor Williams.  The graph below shows the AV used to select players from each conference in the 2018 Draft:

You probably aren’t surprised to see the SEC finished first among all conferences in draft value spent on its players. The ACC was second, thanks not to the current conference overlord in Clemson, but to…. North Carolina State, Louisville, and Virginia Tech!

RkCollegeConfDraft Value
1AlabamaSEC83.9
2Ohio StateBig Ten70.4
3GeorgiaSEC68.7
4USCPac-1255.7
5Penn StateBig Ten54.5
6North Carolina StateACC52.8
7OklahomaBig 1249.6
8Notre DameInd48.4
9UCLAPac-1246
10LouisvilleACC36.6
11Virginia TechACC34.5
12WashingtonPac-1234.1
13LSUSEC33.7
14AuburnSEC32.4
15Florida StateACC31.1
16FloridaSEC30.4
17UCFAmerican27.3
18IowaBig Ten26.6
19WyomingMWC22.2
20Miami (FL)ACC21
21TexasBig 1220.5
22Oklahoma StateBig 1218.4
23Texas-San Antonionon-FBS17.8
24Boston CollegeACC17.5
25StanfordPac-1216.9
26MarylandBig Ten16.6
27PittACC16.5
28Boise StateMWC16.4
29Texas A&MSEC15.7
30ArkansasSEC15.5
31Ole MissSEC15.4
32South CarolinaSEC14.1
33San Diego StateMWC13.6
34NevadaMWC12.3
34MemphisAmerican12.3
36UTEPCUSA12.1
37South Carolina Statenon-FBS11.8
38SMUAmerican11.1
39Wake ForestACC10.8
40RutgersBig Ten10.4
41OregonPac-1210.1
42WisconsinBig Ten10
43Southern MississippiCUSA10
44South Dakota Statenon-FBS9.8
45North CarolinaACC9.3
46TennesseeSEC8.9
46Sam Houston Statenon-FBS8.9
48ColoradoPac-128.7
49MichiganBig Ten8.6
50North Carolina A&Tnon-FBS8
51ClemsonACC8
52LouisianaSun Belt7.8
53Western MichiganMAC7.7
54South FloridaAmerican7.6
55Brigham YoungInd7.5
56Fort Hays Statenon-FBS7.4
57Mississippi StateSEC7.2
58Texas ChristianBig 126.7
59Arizona StatePac-126.6
59Colorado StateMWC6.6
61IndianaBig Ten6.3
61Western KentuckyCUSA6.3
63Texas TechBig 126.3
64VanderbiltSEC6.1
65Humboldt Statenon-FBS5.7
66VirginiaACC5.2
67Richmondnon-FBS4.8
68Michigan StateBig Ten4.6
69KansasBig 124.3
70West VirginiaBig 124.2
71Washington StatePac-124.1
72Weber Statenon-FBS4.1
73MissouriSEC3.5
73New Mexico StateSun Belt3.5
75Fordhamnon-FBS3.4
75Stephen F. Austinnon-FBS3.4
77PurdueBig Ten3
77Kansas StateBig 123
77Pennsylvanianon-FBS3
80Delawarenon-FBS2.9
81Illinois Statenon-FBS2.7
82ArizonaPac-122.6
83Jacksonville Statenon-FBS2.5
84Central MichiganMAC2.4
85Northern Iowanon-FBS2.3
86TulaneAmerican1.9
87UtahPac-121.5
87ConnecticutAmerican1.5
87TempleAmerican1.5
90Mainenon-FBS1.1
91Yalenon-FBS0.9
92NebraskaBig Ten0.8
92Louisiana TechCUSA0.8
94Virginia Statenon-FBS0.7
95Wagnernon-FBS0.5
95Appalachian StateSun Belt0.5
97Florida InternationalCUSA0.3
98San Jose StateMWC0.2
98HoustonAmerican0.2

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