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.

Of the 13 SEC players who have been chosen with the 30th pick in an NFL Draft, six have had solid careers as regular contributors.

But only one has received a Pro Bowl invitation. In 2007, Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai ran for 1,072 yards and 12 touchdowns on 261 carries and caught 41 passes for 364 yards and three touchdowns to earn all-star recognition.

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As a rookie the previous season, Addai ran for 1,081 yards and seven touchdowns on 226 carries and caught 40 passes for 325 yards and one touchdown during the regular season, then had 294 yards and two touchdowns on 76 carries and 22 receptions for 118 yards in the postseason as the Colts won Super Bowl XLI.

Addai had 77 yards on 19 carries and 66 yards on 10 receptions in Indianapolis’ 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in that game. Addai ran for 77 yards again and scored a touchdown on 13 carries and caught seven passes for 58 yards in Super Bowl XLIV, but the Colts lost to the New Orleans Saints 31-17 to cap the 2009 season.

Addai ran for 4,453 yards and 39 touchdowns and caught nine TD passes during his six NFL seasons.

The seven SEC players drafted in the first round with the No. 30 pick include:

· Tennessee wide receiver Marcus Nash, Broncos, 1998

· Auburn guard Kendall Simmons, Steelers, 2002

· LSU running back Joseph Addai, Colts, 2006

· LSU wide receiver Craig Davis, Chargers, 2007

· Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree, Rams, 2013

· Georgia cornerback Deandre Baker, Giants, 2019

· Auburn cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, Dolphins, 2020

Every draft since 1995 has had at least 30 selections in the first round. But six of the SEC’s 30th picks entered the NFL before that. The six SEC players drafted with the No. 30 pick who were not first-rounders include:

· Alabama tackle Bobby Wood, Rams, 1940

· Georgia Tech center Paul Duke, Giants, 1946

· Florida running back Jimmy DuBose, Buccaneers, 1976

· Alabama running back Johnny Davis, Buccaneers, 1978

· LSU defensive back Willie Teal, Vikings, 1980

· Tennessee running back Reggie Cobb, Buccaneers, 1990

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Johnny Davis lasted for 10 seasons as an NFL fullback. In his only season with San Francisco, the 49ers closed the 1981 campaign by winning Super Bowl XVI over the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21.

Teal intercepted 15 passes during his five seasons as a regular with the Vikings.

The best of Cobb’s seven NFL seasons featured 1,171 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on 310 carries for the Bucs in 1992.

Simmons opened his career with five seasons as Pittsburgh’s right guard, including in 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL on Feb. 5, 2006, before an injury derailed his career.

Ogletree made at least 111 tackles in three of his first four seasons for the Rams, including 136 in 2016, when he was an All-Pro second-team selection. Ogletree played in nine NFL seasons.

Igbinoghene played with Miami during the 2022 season.

None of the other players spent more than four seasons in the NFL, although all played in at least one. Nash played in two NFL seasons, then was the Arena Football League Offensive Player of the Year in 2004.

(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.