In college football, there are specific applications that stand out above the remaining due to their historic significance to the NCAA. Faculties like Alabama and Georgia usually have a number of gamers chosen within the first spherical of the NFL Draft.
Nevertheless, it takes a particular program to provide a number of No. 1 general picks. ESPN released an inventory of the colleges with probably the most NFL No. 1 general picks, and it’d shock you.
- USC (6)
- Georgia (5)
- Notre Dame (5)
- Oklahoma (5)
- Auburn (4)
- Stanford (4)
Others with a number of No. 1 general picks embrace Texas, Ohio State and LSU. Then 9 different colleges tied with two. A kind of applications with two who you’d assume had extra No.1 picks is Alabama.
Whether or not Nick Saban or Paul “Bear” Bryant, with 12 Nationwide championships mixed in Tuscaloosa, it’s a surprise how they managed to have extra gamers drafted first. Saban had one at Alabama when Bryce Younger was drafted by the Carolina Panthers. Harry Gilmer was drafted No. 1 in 1948, just a few years earlier than Bryant’s arrival.
Of the highest groups with 4 or extra, one stands out from
the group. Stanford isn’t generally known as a “soccer” college however each now and
once more they’ll shock. All of Standford’s No. 1 picks have been quarterbacks together with Bobby Garrett (1954), Jim Plunkett (1971), John Elway (1983) and Andrew Luck (2012).
Not one of the different colleges within the high six can say that. Additionally, Texas having solely three and never having a No. 1 general decide since DE Kenneth Sims (1982) is a bit stunning. Whereas the Longhorns’ success has been down the previous decade, they’re nonetheless thought of certainly one of school soccer’s blue blood applications.
The one rhyme or cause for that is that the top-tier
expertise has historically come from the perfect applications within the nation. Whereas Stanford
is probably not considered as a soccer college, they’re one of many high tutorial colleges
within the nation. And every so often they get a participant who excels in soccer and the classroom.
As time has moved on, we’ve seen extra gamers from
smaller colleges start to creep up within the draft. In April’s draft, we noticed Quinyon
Mitchell from Toledo chosen No. 22 general by the Philadelphia Eagles. Drake
Maye was drafted third general by the New England Patriots. UNC isn’t a small
college however extra recognized for high basketball expertise.
The school soccer expertise pool is perhaps extra unfold out than ever, particularly on this NIL period, however the bulk of the NFL’s top-drafted expertise nonetheless goes by the powerhouses.
