SEC Football by the Numbers has been looking at the 2023 NFL Draft in four parts. Monday’s initial installment examined the first round. Tuesday, it was a breakdown by positions. Wednesday, NFL teams were the focus. And for today, here are some stats and streaks about the conference and the draft leading into this year’s first round of picks tonight.

0 NFL drafts have been held without an Alabama or Auburn player being selected. Auburn has seven empty drafts (a draft without producing a picked player), and none coincides with Alabama’s four empty years. Auburn did not have a player drafted in 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1976 and 2003. Alabama did not have a player drafted in 1960, 1961, 1970 and 2008. Both Alabama and Auburn will have multiple players drafted this week.

2 Consecutive NFL drafts have included LSU players as the 59th and 205th selections, Texas A&M players as the 117th choices and South Carolina players as the 227th picks. WR Terrance Marshall to the Carolina Panthers in 2021 and G Ed Ingram to the Minnesota Vikings in 2022 were LSU’s picks at No. 59. DL Bobby Brown to the Los Angeles Rams in 2021 and DT Michael Clemons to the New York Jets in 2022 were Texas A&M’s picks at No. 117. WR Racey McMath to the Tennessee Titans in 2021 and OT Austin Deculus to the Houston Rockets in 2022 were LSU’s picks at No. 205. S Israel Mukuamu to the Dallas Cowboys in 2021 and TE Nick Muse to Minnesota in 2022 were South Carolina’s picks at No 227. Entering the 2023 draft, the Buffalo Bills will make the 59th and 205th picks, the Green Bay Packers the 117th and the New Orleans Saints the 227th.

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3 NFL drafts have opened with two players from the same program. On Thursday night, Alabama QB Bryce Young and LB Will Anderson Jr. are considered contenders to be the first two players picked. In 1967, Michigan State DT Bubba Smith went No. 1 to the Baltimore Colts and RB Clint Jones went No. 2 to the Minnesota Vikings. In 1984, Nebraska WR Irving Fryar went No. 1 to the New England Patriots and OT Dean Steinkuhler went No. 2 to the Houston Oilers. In 2000, Penn State DE Courtney Brown went No. 1 to the Cleveland Browns and LB LaVar Arrington went No. 2 to the Washington Redskins.

3 NFL drafts have not included a player from LSU, the fewest empty drafts in the SEC for the schools that have been conference members for all 87 drafts. LSU did not have a player picked in the drafts of 1938, 1942 and 1993. Alabama and Georgia have four empty drafts apiece, Tennessee has six, Auburn and Florida have seven each, Ole Miss has eight, Kentucky has nine, Mississippi State has 11 and Vanderbilt has 25, including the 2022 draft. In their 30 NFL drafts as SEC members, Arkansas has one empty draft and South Carolina has four. Missouri and Texas A&M have been SEC members for 10 drafts and haven’t come up empty during that time. Overall, Arkansas has six empty drafts and South Carolina has 11. Before joining the conference, Missouri had four empty drafts and Texas A&M had six. Each SEC member is expected to have at least one player drafted this week except for Vanderbilt, which could come up empty for the 26th time.

4 Consecutive drafts have featured SEC players as the 44th and 190th selections. The No. 44 picks have been Mississippi State C Elgton Jenkins to the Green Bay Packers in 2019, LSU S Grant Delpit to the Cleveland Browns in 2020, Kentucky CB Kelvin Joseph to the Dallas Cowboys in 2021 and Alabama WR John Metchie III to the Houston Texans in 2022. The No. 190 picks have been Arkansas DT Armon Watts to the Minnesota Vikings in 2019, Georgia TE Charlie Woerner to the San Francisco 49ers in 2020, Georgia C Trey Hill to the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021 and Georgia G Justin Shaffer to the Atlanta Falcons in 2022. Entering the 2023 draft, the Falcons hold the 44th pick and the Browns hold the 190th pick.

5 Consecutive NFL drafts have included an SEC team as the most popular provider of players. In the 2022 draft, Georgia produced 15 picks. Alabama took the honor in 2018 with 12 players, 2019 with 10 players and 2021 (when it tied with Ohio State) with 10 players. LSU had the most in 2020 with 14 draft picks. An SEC member has topped the draft for players picked 11 other times — 2014 (LSU with nine players), 2012 (Alabama eight), 2010 (Florida nine), 2007 (Florida seven), 2003 (Florida and Tennessee tied with Miami with eight apiece), 2000 (Tennessee nine), 1999 (Florida tied with Ohio State eight apiece), 1989 (Auburn 10), 1978 (Florida 10), 1962 (LSU and Ole Miss tied with Colorado, Michigan and Penn State with seven each) and 1951 (Kentucky and Tulane tied with nine).

5 NFL drafts have had the first offensive player picked and the first defensive player picked come from the same conference since 1965, when unlimited substitution returned to college football and virtually eliminated the two-way player. Alabama QB Bryce Young and LB Will Anderson Jr. are considered candidates to fill those positions in the 2023 draft. In 1967, Michigan State DL Bubba Smith went No. 1 and Michigan State RB Clint Jones went No. 2 from the Big Ten. In 1999, Kentucky QB Tim Couch went No. 1 and Georgia CB Champ Bailey went No. 7 from the SEC. In 2009, Georgia QB Matthew Stafford went No. 1 and LSU CB Tyson Jackson went No. 3 from the SEC. In 2010, Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford went No. 1 and Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh went No. 2 from the Big 12. In 2014, South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney went No. 1 and Auburn OT Greg Robinson went No. 2 from the SEC.

16 Consecutive drafts have had more players selected from the SEC than from any other conference. In 2022, the SEC tied a single-draft record by having 65 players picked, with the Big Ten’s 48 the next-best conference total this year. The SEC also had 65 players drafted in 2021, when the Big Ten was the runner-up with 44. The most recent draft in which the SEC did not provide the most players came in 2006, when the Big Ten had 41 players picked and the SEC 37. In 2007, the SEC had 41 players picked and the second-place Big Ten had 32. In 2008, the SEC had 35 and the ACC 33. In 2009, the SEC had 37 and the ACC 33. In 2010, the SEC had 49 and the Big Ten 34. In 2011, the SEC had 38 and the ACC 35. In 2012, the SEC had 42 and the Big Ten 41. In 2013, the SEC had 63 and the ACC 30. In 2014, the SEC had 49 and the ACC 42. In 2015, the SEC had 54 and the ACC 47. In 2016, the SEC had 51 and the Big Ten 47. In 2017, the SEC had 53 and the ACC 43. In 2018, the SEC had 53 and the ACC 45. In 2019, the SEC had 64 and the Big Ten 40. In 2020, the SEC had 63 and the Big Ten 48.

16 SEC players were chosen in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. That’s the most players from the conference chosen in one round in the draft’s history. The record had been 15 in the first round and the third round of the 2020 draft. There have been 30 rounds that have contained at least 10 SEC players. Last year, 12 SEC players were picked in the first round, 10 in second, 12 in the third, nine in the fourth, six in the fifth, 11 in the sixth and five in the seventh.

27 Consecutive NFL drafts have included at least one choice from Arkansas, tied for the longest streak in school history. The Razorbacks are expected to produce at least three selections this week, with LB Drew Sanders, WR Matt Landers and OL Ricky Stromberg. Arkansas’ previous 27-year draft streak occurred from 1961 through 1987. During that streak, 99 Arkansas players were picked in the NFL Draft. The current streak has covered 78 selections from the Razorbacks. The top draft streaks for the other current SEC members are Alabama 37 (1971-2007), Auburn 26 (1977-2002), Florida 71 (1952-2022), Georgia 50 (1942-1991), Kentucky 26 (1939-1964), LSU 50 (1943-1992), Mississippi State 18 (1986-2003), Missouri 56 (1939-1994), Ole Miss 32 (1937-1968), South Carolina 28 (1950-1977), Tennessee 51 (1964-2014), Texas A&M 32 (1975-2006) and Vanderbilt seven (1955-1961). The record streaks for Missouri, South Carolina and Texas A&M came before those programs became SEC members.

65 SEC players were selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. That’s tied for the most players that any conference has had picked in a single draft, equaling the SEC’s 2021 draft output. Based on draft projections for 2023, the SEC could break its record this week.

71 Consecutive NFL drafts have included at least one player from Florida, the longest streak in SEC history. The Gators have been represented in every NFL Draft since 1952, when the Lions started the streak by choosing C Carroll McDonald in the 13th round. The second-longest active draft streak for SEC teams isn’t even half as long as Florida’s current streak: Georgia has had a player selected in 30 consecutive drafts. LSU had had at least one player selected in each of the past 29 drafts, Arkansas for 27, Auburn for 19, Missouri for 16, Alabama and Texas A&M for 14, Mississippi State for 13, South Carolina for five, Kentucky for four, Tennessee for three and Ole Miss for two. Vanderbilt did not have a player drafted in 2022.

90 Alabama players were drafted from 2012 through 2021, the most in SEC history for a 10-year period. During the previous nine NFL drafts, 80 Crimson Tide players were drafted. Projections call for Alabama to have at least 12 players chosen in the 2023 draft, which would send the Tide past the 10-year draft record.

218 Consecutive rounds of the NFL Draft have included at least one SEC player. The most recent round without an SEC selection was the second in 1993. Since that round, at least two SEC players have been picked in every round except four.

259 Players will be selected in the 2023 NFL Draft. The final one receives the nickname Mr. Irrelevant. An SEC player has been Mr. Irrelevant 10 times. The SEC’s Mr. Irrelevants have been Tennessee C Lamar Leachman in 1955, Tennessee B Tommy Bronson in 1958, Georgia DT Donald Chumley in 1985, LSU DB Norman Jefferson in 1987, Kentucky LB Marty Moore in 1994, Alabama DB Ramzee Robinson in 2007, South Carolina PK Ryan Succop in 2009, South Carolina TE Justice Cunningham in 2013, Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly in 2017 and Georgia LB Tae Crowder in 2020. The first three players never played in the NFL, but the past seven have.

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This look at the SEC’s draft numbers includes only players picked in the regular NFL Draft — no special supplemental, expansion, non-NFL or separate dispersal drafts are included in the tabulations. For Arkansas and South Carolina, which joined the league in 1992, the numbers include players drafted since 1993, unless noted. For former member Georgia Tech, players drafted from 1936 to 1964 are included. For former member Tulane, it’s through the 1966 draft. Missouri and Texas A&M have provided SEC players for the past 10 drafts. Former SEC member Sewanee has had one player drafted — RB William Johnson by the Falcons in 1966, long after the school left the conference following the 1940 season.

The NFL Draft starts on Thursday with the first round. The second and third rounds are set for Friday, with the remaining four rounds on Saturday. ABC, ESPN and NFL Network will televise the draft, starting at 7 p.m. CDT Thursday, 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.