NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Last 5 Years: 2021 CFN Program Analysis
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Which college programs are doing the best jobs of cranking out the pro talents? Here are the rankings by conference of the college teams and how many players they sent to the NFL over the last five years.
How have each of the college football conferences done at sending players to the NFL Draft over the last five years? Come up with a slew of great teams and great seasons, get players drafted, get recruits more interested in your program.
After the 2021 NFL Draft, here are the rankings by team and conference over the last five years.
NFL Draft Rankings Over The Last 5 Years: Players Drafted By Conference Average
Average number of players drafted per conference over the last five years
1. SEC 21
2. Big Ten 14.21
3. Pac-12 13.17
4. ACC 13.14
5. Big 12 10.3
6. American Athletic 7
7. Independents 6.29
8. Mountain West 3.26
9. Conference USA 2.5
10. MAC 2.36
11. Sun Belt 2.1
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NFL Draft Rankings Over The Last 5 Years: By Conference
11. Sun Belt NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Louisiana 7
2 Appalachian State 4
3 Georgia Southern 3
T4 Coastal Carolina 2
T4 South Alabama 2
T6 Georgia State 1
T6 Troy 1
T6 ULM 1
T9 Arkansas State 0
T9 Texas State 0
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 21
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 10
10. MAC NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Western Michigan 8
2 Toledo 6
T3 Ohio 3
T3 Central Michigan 3
T3 Northern Illinois 3
T6 Akron 2
T6 Buffalo 2
T6 Miami Univ. 2
T6 Eastern Michigan 2
T10 Bowling Green 1
T10 Ball State 1
12 Kent State 0
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 33
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 9
9. Conference USA NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Louisiana Tech 8
T2 FIU 4
T2 Florida Atlantic 4
T2 WKU 4
T2 Southern Miss 4
6 Marshall 3
T7 Charlotte 2
T7 UTEP 2
T9 Middle Tennessee 1
T9 North Texas 1
T9 UAB 1
T9 UTSA 1
13 Old Dominion 0
14 Rice 0
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 35
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 8
8. Mountain West NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Boise State 9
2 San Diego State 8
3 Wyoming 6
T4 Utah State 3
T4 Fresno State 3
T4 Hawaii 3
T7 Colorado State 2
T7 San Jose State 2
T9 Air Force 1
T9 New Mexico 1
T9 Nevada 1
12 UNLV 0
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 39
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 7
7. Independents NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Notre Dame 27
2 BYU 8
T3 UConn 3
T3 UMass 3
5 New Mexico State 2
6 Liberty 1
7 Army 0
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 44
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 6
6. American Athletic Conference NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Temple 12
2 UCF 12
3 Houston 11
4 Memphis 9
5 Cincinnati 8
6 Tulane 8
7 SMU 6
8 USF 5
9 Tulsa 3
10 East Carolina 2
11 Navy 1
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 77
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 5
5. Big 12 NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Oklahoma 25
2 Texas 15
3 TCU 14
4 Oklahoma State 12
5 West Virginia 11
6 Texas Tech 8
7 Baylor 7
8 Kansas State 6
9 Iowa State 3
10 Kansas 2
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 103
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 4
4. Pac-12 NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Washington 24
2 Utah 21
3 USC 20
T4 Stanford 18
T4 UCLA 16
6 Oregon 15
T7 California 9
T7 Arizona State 9
T7 Colorado 9
10 Oregon State 7
11 Washington State 6
12 Arizona 4
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 158
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 3
3. ACC NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
T1 Clemson 27
T1 Miami 27
T3 Florida State 17
T3 NC State 17
T3 North Carolina 17
6 Pitt 16
7 Virginia Tech 15
8 Boston College 12
9 Louisville 8
10 Wake Forest 7
T11 Syracuse 6
T11 Virginia 6
13 Duke 5
14 Georgia Tech 4
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 184
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 2
2. Big Ten NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021
1 Ohio State 43
2 Michigan 36
3 Penn State 24
4 Iowa 20
5 Wisconsin 19
T6 Maryland 9
T6 Minnesota 9
T8 Michigan State 7
T8 Northwestern 7
T10 Indiana 6
T10 Purdue 6
12 Nebraska 5
T13 Rutgers 4
T13 Illinois 4
NFL Draft Picks 2017-2021: 199
NEXT: NFL Draft Rankings By Conference Over The Last 5 Years: No. 1
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