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The Alabama Crimson Tide once again dominated the draft, as did the entire Southeastern Conference. Three Alabama players — defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, guard Jonah Williams, and running back Josh Jacobs — went in the first round, and the school had 10 players selected in the 2019 Draft, the most of any school this year. And based on the Football Perspective Draft Value Chart, Alabama also had the most draft value of any school, followed by Ohio State, Clemson, and Oklahoma.

The table below shows the draft value each school produced in 2019:

RKCollegeConferencePlayersDraft Value
1AlabamaSEC1091
2Ohio St.Big Ten979.7
3ClemsonACC678.8
4OklahomaBig 12876.4
5MichiganBig Ten555.5
6Mississippi St.SEC554.7
7WashingtonPac-12851
8IowaBig Ten446
9KentuckySEC540.7
10LSUSEC337.8
11MississippiSEC634.8
12Boston Col.ACC432.4
13FloridaSEC530
14GeorgiaSEC729.4
15North Carolina St.ACC429.3
16Notre DameInd628.6
17HoustonAmerican325.2
18Texas A&MSEC724.3
19UtahPac-12523.8
20StanfordPac-12523.4
21DukeACC123.2
22TCUBig 12323
23Penn St.Big Ten622.3
24West VirginiaBig 12520
25MarylandBig Ten317.8
26Florida St.ACC217.5
27Washington St.Pac-12216.5
28Arizona St.Pac-12216.4
29TempleAmerican315.2
30USCPac-12414.8
31Alabama St.fcs114.6
32WisconsinBig Ten414.5
33South CarolinaSEC313.1
34Iowa St.Big 12212.4
35Central MichiganMAC212.3
36VanderbiltSEC211.8
37AuburnSEC611.7
37Kansas St.Big 12211.7
39MissouriSEC211.2
40MemphisAmerican211.2
40Michigan St.Big Ten211.2
42Miami (FL)ACC510.9
43Northern IllinoisMAC210.8
44HawaiiMWC210.6
45ToledoMAC29.3
46VirginiaACC29.1
47Central FloridaAmerican18.7
48Delawarefcs18.5
49MassachusettsInd18.3
50ArkansasSEC38.2
51BaylorBig 1217.8
52San Jose St.MWC17.6
53Florida AtlanticCUSA27.4
54Old DominionCUSA27
55BYUInd16.7
56CharlotteCUSA16.5
57West. Illinoisfcs16.4
58Louisiana TechCUSA16.3
59San Diego St.MWC16.2
60OregonPac-1245.9
60Sioux Fallsfcs15.9
62Oklahoma St.Big 1235.8
63Boise St.MWC15.1
64East. MichiganMAC14.9
65Wake ForestACC13.9
66IndianaBig Ten13.6
67Charleston (WV)fcs13.4
68RutgersBig Ten22.6
68PittsburghACC12.6
70TexasBig 1222.5
71MinnesotaBig Ten12.4
72Tarleton St.fcs12.1
73NorthwesternBig Ten12
73North Dakota St.fcs12
75North CarolinaACC11.8
76Fresno St.MWC11.7
77Washburnfcs11.5
78ColoradoPac-1211.3
79SE Missouri St.fcs11.2
79WyomingMWC11.2
81Elonfcs11.1
82La-MonroeSun Belt10.8
83Bowling GreenMAC10.6
83AkronMAC10.6
85IllinoisBig Ten10.4
85Utah St.MWC10.4
87TulaneAmerican10.2
87South Dakota St.fcs10.2
89SyracuseACC10
89CincinnatiAmerican10
89Texas TechBig 1210
89North Carolina A&Tfcs10
89James Madisonfcs10
89Prairie Viewfcs10
89Valdosta St.fcs10
89Idahofcs10
89Morgan St.fcs10
89Colorado St.MWC10
89Air ForceMWC10
89ArizonaPac-1210
89UCLAPac-1210

Alabama’s dominance in the draft was part of an even more impressive showing by the conference as a whole. Eight of the top 18 teams in draft value came from the SEC, including 5 teams from the SEC West. The graph below shows how much draft value each conference produced in 2019:

And here’s the same data in table form:

RkConfDraft Value
1SEC398.7
2Big Ten258
3ACC209.5
4Big 12159.6
5Pac-12153.1
6American60.5
-fcs46.9
-Ind43.6
7MAC38.5
8MWC32.8
9CUSA27.2
10Sun Belt0.8

Some other draft notes:

  • Tennessee was the only SEC school that did not produce a draft pick in 2019.
  • In the Big 10, Purdue and Nebraska were the only two schools that did not have a player drafted.  For Nebraska, this ended a steak of having at least one player drafted in every year since 1963.
  • Kansas was the only Big 12 school without a draft pick in 2019.
  • In the Pac 12, California and Oregon State were the two schools shut out from the Draft.
  • Louisville, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech were ACC schools without a player selected in the 2019 Draft.
  • Houston, Temple, and Central Michigan were the three non-Power 5 schools with the most draft value.
  • Three schools went 1-11 and still produced at least one draft pick: Rutgers, San Jose State, and Central Michigan.
  • Just two first round picks did not go to a Power 5 school, and both have Houston ties.  With the 9th pick, the Bills selected Houston DT Ed Oliver, and with the 23rd pick, the Texans drafted Alabama State OT Tytus Howard.

 

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