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May 09, 2008

SEC Rules

The Southeastern Conference is the top training ground for the NFL. The SEC led all conferences in drafted players this year with 35 and has seen 696 players drafted since 1990. Second is the Big 10 with 610 drafted players since 1990. The Pac 10 is third at 605. This year the SEC had four players taken in the top 10 -- Arkansas' Darren McFadden (No. 4), LSU's Glenn Dorsey (No. 5), Florida's Derrick Harvey (No. 8) and Tennessee's Jerod Mayo (No. 10). The Pac 10 had 34 players drafted this year. The Big 12 had 29. The Big 10 had 28.

---Mark Gaughan

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