Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State lead college football with most NFL draft picks all-time: NFL Draft History

NFL Draft History: Notre Dame, USC and Ohio State lead with the most picks since the beginning of the NFL draft in 1936.

ORLANDO-PACE-RAMS.JPGAP fileOhio State's Orlando Pace, from Sandusky, is interviewed after being chosen first by the St. Louis Rams in the 1997 NFL draft.
NFL Draft History
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Cleveland - Notre Dame, with 465 draft picks all-time, leads college football with the most selections since the beginning of the NFL draft in 1936.

Traditional powers USC, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Michigan round out the top five.

As for first-rounders, USC leads with 74, followed by Ohio State and Notre Dame.

During the early years of the NFL draft, there were many more rounds.

The draft was reduced to the current length of seven rounds in 1994. Since then, Ohio State leads with 105 picks.

Below is a list ranking college football's All-Time Top 20, in terms of the number of selections in the NFL draft.

Also:

Rank School All-time picks *Since '94 1st-round
1 Notre Dame 465 78 61
2 USC 463 94 74
3 Ohio State 393 105 66
4 Oklahoma 344 66 41
5 Michigan 335 72 42
6 Nebraska 331 83 32
7 Tennessee 329 96 42
8 Penn State 323 71 36
9 Texas 321 61 42
10 Miami (Fla.) 295 91 59
10 Florida 295 90 42
12 Alabama 286 66 36
12 Michigan State 286 49 32
14 UCLA 284 45 29
15 Georgia 282 84 26
16 LSU 281 71 32
17 Washington 273 45 18
18 Purdue 267 40 20
19 Pittsburgh 263 35 24
20 Colorado 257 62 22

Sources: NFL, Pro Football Hall of Fame and Plain Dealer archives

* Draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1994.


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