The 2023 NFL Draft starts on April 27 with the first-round picks at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. The SEC has produced 395 first-round selections and another 108 choices among the top 32 picks who were not first-rounders. AL.com is counting down to the draft by highlighting the SEC players chosen in the first 32 picks.

Five of the 12 SEC players selected with the 11th pick in an NFL Draft have gone on to become first-team All-Pro choices. Only one is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – so far.

Defensive end Doug Atkins played 17 seasons in the NFL, but his best ones didn’t come with the Cleveland Browns, who drafted him in 1953. He earned eight Pro Bowl invitations in a nine-season span with the Chicago Bears.

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Atkins played on an NFL championship team with the Browns in 1954 and another one with the Bears in 1963, when he earned All-Pro recognition.

Atkins joined the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its Class of 1982.

The 12 SEC players drafted with the No. 11 pick include:

· Tennessee defensive end Doug Atkins, Cleveland Browns, 1953

· Vanderbilt back Charlie Horton, Los Angeles Rams, 1956

· Ole Miss defensive end Stan Hindman, San Francisco 49ers, 1966

· Georgia defensive end Bill Stanfill, Miami Dolphins, 1969

· Tennessee wide receiver Anthony Hancock, Kansas City Chiefs, 1982

· Florida linebacker Wilber Marshall, Chicago Bears, 1984

· Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler, Denver Broncos, 2006

· Ole Miss linebacker Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, 2007

· Alabama offensive tackle D.J. Fluker, San Diego Chargers, 2013

· Florida defensive back Vernon Hargreaves, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2016

· Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, Miami Dolphins, 2018

· Alabama offensive tackle Cincinnati Jonah Williams, 2019

Stanfill was a five-time Pro Bowler, one-time All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion.

Marshall was picked for the Pro Bowl three times, made All-Pro twice (in the years that he finished third in the voting for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award) and played on two Super Bowl winners.

Cutler threw for 35,133 yards in 12 seasons and went to the Pro Bowl once.

In his eight NFL seasons, Willis received seven Pro Bowl invitations and made first-team All-Pro five times.

After five NFL seasons, Fitzpatrick has three Pro Bowl invitations and three first-team All-Pro selections.

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(The list includes only players selected in the regular NFL draft. The drafts from other leagues are not included nor are any supplemental drafts that have been held by the NFL.)

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