SEC Football by the Numbers has been looking at the 2024 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 Players have been selected from Vanderbilt in the past two drafts. Only once in SEC history has a program gone three consecutive drafts without producing a pick. Vanderbilt did not have a player chosen in the 1993, 1994 and 1995 drafts. The most recent player picked from Vanderbilt was DE Dayo Odeyingbo at No. 54 in the 2021 NFL Draft. Since then, 174 SEC players have been drafted. One of them was offensive tackle Tyler Steen, the 65th selection of the 2023 draft. Steen spent four seasons at Vanderbilt. But he was drafted from Alabama after transferring to the Crimson Tide for the 2022 campaign.

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 drafts have included Alabama players as the No. 12 pick and Texas A&M players as the No. 84 pick. They are among the 15 picks that have been used on SEC players in at least each of the past two drafts. The No. 12 pick has been made by Detroit in 2022 and 2023, with the Lions taking Crimson Tide WR Jameson Williams two years ago and running back Jahmyr Gibbs last year. Texas A&M RB De’Von Achane was picked at No. 84 by the Miami Dolphins last year after the Pittsburgh Steelers chose Aggies DT DeMarvin Leal at No. 84 in 2022. The Denver Broncos have the No. 12 pick, and the Steelers have the No. 84 pick in 2024.

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 88 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 26, including the 2022 and 2023 drafts. In their 31 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 11 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.

4 Consecutive drafts have featured an SEC player as the No. 9 pick and three consecutive drafts have featured an SEC player as the No. 59 pick and the No. 204 pick. At No. 9, the Jacksonville Jaguars picked Florida CB C.J. Henderson in 2020, the Denver Broncos picked Alabama CB Patrick Surtain II in 2021, the Seattle Seahawks picked Mississippi State OT Charles Cross in 2022 and the Philadelphia Eagles picked Georgia DT Jalen Carter in 2023. At No. 59, the Carolina Panthers picked LSU WR Terrace Marshall Jr. in 2021, the Minnesota Vikings picked LSU G Ed Ingram in 2022 and the Buffalo Bills picked Florida OL O’Cyrus Torrence in 2023. At No. 204, the Panthers picked South Carolina WR Shi Smith in 2021, the Tennessee Titans picked Tennessee DB Theo Jackson in 2022 and the New York Jets picked LSU CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse in 2023. This year, the Chicago Bears hold No. 9, the Houston Texans hold No. 59 and the Bills hold No. 204.

6 Consecutive NFL drafts have included an SEC team as the most popular provider of players, with Alabama and Georgia tying for the top spot in 2023 with 10 players picked apiece. 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 with 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).

15 Players from Georgia were selected in 2022, the most in a seven-round draft in NFL history. The Bulldogs’ output surpassed the previous high for a seven-round draft of 14, accomplished by Ohio State in 2004 and matched by LSU in 2020. The NFL has held a seven-round draft annually since 1994. The most players picked from one school in the same draft is 17 from Texas in a 12-round, 336-player draft in 1984. Notre Dame had 16 players drafted in a 32-round, 300-player draft in 1946. In the 2022 draft, 262 players were picked. The most players picked from each of the other current SEC members in one draft include 12 from Alabama in 2018, eight from Arkansas in 1945, 10 from Auburn in 1989, 10 from Florida in 1978, nine from Kentucky in 1951, 11 from Mississippi State in 1944, seven from Missouri in 2001, nine from Ole Miss in 1968 and 1971, seven from South Carolina in 2009 and 2013, 10 from Tennessee in 2002, 10 from Texas A&M in 1976 and six from Vanderbilt in 1952 and 1959. The top drafts for Arkansas, Missouri and Texas A&M predate their time in the SEC. As SEC members, the Razorbacks’ top showing has been six picks in 2004 and 2008. For Missouri, it’s six in 2015. For Texas A&M, it’s seven in 2019.

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 apiece in the first round and the third round of the 2020 draft. There have been 31 rounds that have contained at least 10 SEC players. Last year, nine SEC players were picked in the first round, eight in second, 14 in the third, nine in the fourth, nine in the fifth, six in the sixth and seven in the seventh.

17 Consecutive drafts have had more players selected from the SEC than from any other conference. In 2023, the SEC provided 62 selections, with the Big Ten next with 55. 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. The SEC’s draft-pick total and the runner-up in the previous years of the streak include:

· 2007: SEC 41, Big Ten 32

· 2008: SEC 35, ACC 33

· 2009: SEC 37, ACC 33

· 2010: SEC 49, Big Ten 34

· 2011: SEC 38, ACC 35

· 2012: SEC 42, Big Ten 41

· 2013: SEC 63, ACC 30

· 2014: SEC 49, ACC 42

· 2015: SEC 54, ACC 47

· 2016: SEC 51, Big Ten 47

· 2017: SEC 53, ACC 43

· 2018: SEC 53, ACC 45

· 2019: SEC 64, Big Ten 40

· 2020: SEC 63, Big Ten 48

· 2021: SEC 65, Big Ten 44

· 2022: SEC 65, Big Ten 48

28 Consecutive NFL drafts have included at least one choice from Arkansas, the longest streak in school history. The Razorbacks have had at least one player drafted annually since coming up empty in 1995. The top draft streaks for the other current SEC members are Alabama 37 (1971-2007), Auburn 26 (1977-2002), Florida 72 (1952-2023), 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 happened 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.

72 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 31 consecutive drafts. LSU had had at least one player selected in each of the past 30 drafts, Arkansas for 28, Auburn for 20, Missouri for 17, Alabama and Texas A&M for 15, Mississippi State for 14, South Carolina for six, Kentucky for five, Tennessee for four and Ole Miss for three. Vanderbilt did not have a player drafted in 2023.

90 Alabama players were drafted from 2012 through 2021 and from 2014 through 2023, tied the most in SEC history for a 10-year period. During the previous nine NFL drafts, 82 Crimson Tide players were drafted. Projections call for Alabama to have at least eight players chosen in the 2024 draft, which would tie the 10-year draft record again.

225 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.

257 Players will be selected in the 2024 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 did.

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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 11 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.