For the 10th time in the last 11 years, the SEC once again led the nation in First Round NFL Draft selections, as the league produced 12 opening-round draft picks, which tied for the second most in history.

During the last 15 NFL Drafts, the SEC has a nation-leading 147 players taken in the opening round, an average of nearly 10 per season.

The SEC had 10 of the first 20 selections of the 2021 NFL Draft. The SEC now has 123 First Round NFL Draft selections since 2010. Since 2010, the SEC has over double (123) the total amount of First Round selections than the next closest conference (ACC - 60).

Six different SEC teams (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina) had a player taken in the First Round of the 2021 NFL Draft. The SEC now has 46 Top-10 picks since 2009 and 52 since 2007. In the first 20 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft, the SEC had as many players taken as all other conferences combined.

Since 2009, Top 10 NFL picks by league: SEC (46); ACC (20); Big 12 (20); Pac-12 (19); B1G (12), Notre Dame (4), MAC (3); AAC (2); BYU (2); Mountain West (1). Alabama led the SEC and nation with a SEC and school record six First Round selections in the 2021 NFL Draft. The six opening round picks also tied the all-time national record. Alabama has had a First Round selection in each of the past 13 NFL Drafts, the longest streak in SEC History and 2nd-longest in college football history, as well as the most First Round picks nationally since 2007 with 39.

Round 1 

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 4	Kyle Pitts	Florida	Atlanta Falcons
No. 5	Ja'Marr Chase	LSU	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 6	Jaylen Waddle	Alabama	Miami Dolphins
No. 8	Jaycee Horn	South Carolina	Carolina Panthers
No. 9	Patrick Surtain II	Alabama	Denver Broncos
No. 10	DeVonta Smith	Alabama	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 15	Mac Jones	Alabama	New England Patriots
No. 17	Alex Leatherwood	Alabama	Las Vegas Raiders
No. 19	Jamin Davis	Kentucky	Washington Football Team
No. 20	Kadarius Toney	Florida	New York Giants
No. 24	Najee Harris	Alabama	Pittsburgh Steelers
No. 29	Eric Stokes	Georgia	Green Bay Packers

Round 2

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 33	Tyson Campbell	Georgia	Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 34	Elijah Moore	Ole Miss	New York Jets
No. 37	Landon Dickerson	Alabama	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 38	Christian Barmore	Alabama	New England Patriots
No. 44	Kelvin Joseph	Kentucky	Dallas Cowboys
No. 50	Azeez Ojulari	Georgia	New York Giants
No. 54	Dayo Odeyingbo	Vanderbilt	Indianapolis Colts
No. 58	Nick Bolton	Missouri	Kansas City Chiefs
No. 59	Terrace Marshall Jr.	LSU	Carolina Panthers
No. 64	Kyle Trask	Florida	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 3

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 66	Kellen Mond	Texas A&M	Minnesota Vikings
No. 77	Josh Palmer	Tennessee	Los Angeles Chargers
No. 91	Anthony Schwartz	Auburn	Cleveland Browns
No. 92	Monty Rice	Georgia	Tennessee Titans
No. 94	Ben Cleveland	Georgia	Baltimore Ravens
No. 97	Tre' McKitty	Georgia	Los Angeles Chargers
No. 103	Ernest Jones	South Carolina	Los Angeles Rams

Round 4

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 115	Jabril Cox	LSU	Dallas Cowboys
No. 117	Bobby Brown III	Texas A&M	Los Angeles Rams
No. 122	Tyler Shelvin	LSU	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 128	Dan Moore Jr.	Texas A&M	Pittsburgh Steelers
No. 136	Marco Wilson	Florida	Arizona Cardinals
No. 140	Buddy Johnson	Texas A&M	Pittsburgh Steelers
No. 142	Royce Newman	Ole Miss	Green Bay Packers
No. 143	Tyre Gillespie	Missouri	Las Vegas Raiders

Round 5

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 146	Jamien Sherwood	Auburn	New York Jets
No. 149	Evan McPherson	Florida	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 151	Larry Borom	Missouri	Chicago Bears
No. 165	Shawn Davis	Florida	Indianapolis Colts
No. 169	Richard LeCounte	Georgia	Cleveland Browns
No. 173	Tedarrell Slaton	Florida	Green Bay Packers
No. 176	K.J. Britt	Auburn	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 6

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 188	Joshuah Bledsoe	Missouri	New England Patriots
No. 190	Trey Hill	Georgia	Cincinnati Bengals
No. 192	Quinton Bohanna	Kentucky	Dallas Cowboys
No. 193	Deonte Brown	Alabama	Carolina Panthers
No. 198	Larry Rountree III	Missouri	Los Angeles Chargers
No. 200	Brandin Echols	Kentucky	New York Jets
No. 204	Shi Smith	South Carolina	Carolina Panthers
No. 205	Racey McMath	LSU	Tennessee Titans
No. 206	Landon Young	Kentucky	New Orleans Saints
No. 207	Jonathan Marshall	Arkansas	New York Jets
No. 208	Stone Forsythe	Florida	Seattle Seahawks
No. 219	Seth Williams	Auburn	Denver Broncos
No. 222	Thomas Fletcher	Alabama	Carolina Panthers
No. 224	JaCoby Stevens	LSU	Philadelphia Eagles
No. 226	Trey Smith	Tennessee	Kansas City Chiefs
No. 227	Israel Mukuamu	South Carolina	Dallas Cowboys

Round 7

Pick (Overall)	Athlete	School	NFL Team
No. 232	Phil Hoskins	Kentucky	Carolina Panthers
No. 237	Kary Vincent Jr.	LSU	Denver Broncos
No. 241	Mark Webb	Georgia	Los Angeles Chargers
No. 253	Marquiss Spencer	Mississippi State	Denver Broncos
No. 256	Kylin Hill	Mississippi State	Green Bay Packers