The SEC is the epitome of college football. Filled to the brim with talent and ability, it’s no surprise that it’s the biggest producer of NFL talent.

With two weeks to go until former SEC stars learn their next destination, there is no shortage of smoke and excitement surrounding the event as fans clamor to learn more about the future NFL faces of tomorrow.

The NFL Draft is also an exciting betting opportunity. Sportsbooks constantly roll out betting markets for the event based on projections for who gets drafted, where they’re drafted, and just about any total you can think of. Let’s dive into the latest odds on how many SEC players you can expect to see selected on Day One.

Over-under on SEC players drafted in the first round

*all odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 11

• Over 14.5: -250
• Under 14.5: +195

Oddsmakers currently have the SEC players selected in the first round set at 14.5, with LSU’s Will Campbell, Missouri’s Armand Membou, and Georgia’s Jalon Walker all favored to be chosen in the top 10. Campbell is the only one of those three with negative odds to be taken in the top five.

Eleven players from the conference were selected in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, but the SEC has also added Texas and Oklahoma since then, which would’ve increased the total to 14. The conference had 16 first-round picks in 2021, the most in draft history.

With the over line set at -250, DraftKings projects 15 players from the SEC will be selected on Day One of the NFL Draft. The next closest conference over/under line is the Big Ten, with 9.5.

The time to bet on lines like this is now, as insiders start to leak out more concrete information in the days leading up to the draft. That type of information will make these lines sharper.

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I like to organize over/unders like this into three tiers: A confident “Yes”, “Undecided”, and confident “No.” From there, I divide the undecided category by two and add it to the confident yes total to make my judgment on a line. With the plethora of confident no choices, we’ll leave them off this list.

Here are my projections two weeks out from the NFL Draft:

Confident Yes:

• WR: Matthew Golden
• OL: Will Campbell, Armand Membou, Kelvin Banks
• DL: Walter Nolen
• EDGE: Shemar Stewart, Mykel Williams, James Pearce Jr.
• LB: Jalon Walker
• CB: Jahdae Barron

Projected Total: 10 players

Undecided:

• QB: Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe
• WR: Luther Burden
• OL: Tyler Booker
• EDGE: Nic Scourton
• LB: Jihaad Campbell
• CB: Trey Amos, Maxwell Hairston
• S: Nick Emmanwori, Malaki Starks

Projected Total: 10/2 = 5 players

The above breakdown leads me to 15 as the number, which makes me lean toward the over. I’m especially confident in doing so because players like Burden, Campbell, Amos, and Emmanwori are all ones I am pretty sure will be picked in the first round; there are just some tiny clouds of doubt hovering over their stock.

Make a list of your own, and feel free to be picky when doing so. It can be a helpful way to assess the line with more context and personal insight than just looking at numbers without much information to go along with it.

A great way to strategize with your wagers is by using other markets to assess the value. DraftKings offers position-specific lines on which player will get chosen first at the spot. You can combine that with the position over/unders to get a rough estimate on who is expected to be picked in the first round.

The list above bodes well for Alabama’s Tyler Booker, who has the fifth-highest odds of being the first offensive lineman off the board (his over/under mark is set at 6.5).