Once again, the SEC is loaded with the country’s best prospects, according to NFL.com
As Saturday Down South chronicled, “38 percent of the top players” are from the SEC and “no conferences besides the SEC and the Pac-12 came in with double digits.” As SDS notes, “the SEC owns three of the top five players, along with seven of the top 20:
1. Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
4. Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama
5. CJ Mosley, LB, Alabama
6. Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
7. Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M
11. TJ Yeldon, RB, Alabama
15. Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
22. Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
23. Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
24. Loucheiz Purifoy, CB/WR, Florida
26. AJ McCarron, QB, Alabama
29. Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
31. Anthony Johnson, DT, LSU
36. Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State
37. Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
39. Daniel McCullers, DT, Tennessee
40. HaHa Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
43. Adrian Hubbard, LB, Alabama
50. Ed Stinson, DE, Alabama
SDS also compiled a breakdown by conference:
SEC: 19
Pac-12: 12
ACC: 6
AAC: 3
Big Ten: 3
Independent: 3
Mountain West: 2
Big 12: 1
MAC: 1
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