2018 Draft Value By College and Conference

by Chase Stuart on May 3, 2018

You will not be surprised to learn that Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia were the three schools that dominated the 2018 NFL Draft. Players from the Crimson Tide were taken using draft slots worth 83.9 points of value, the most of any school; second was Ohio State with 70.4 points of value, followed by Georgia (68.7), USC (55.7), and Penn State (54.5).

On the other hand, with the exception of the number one overall pick, the Big 12 has a pretty shaky draft. In fact, after Baker Mayfield, the next player selected from the Big 12 was Texas guard Connor Williams. The graph below shows the AV used to select players from each conference in the 2018 Draft:

You probably aren’t surprised to see the SEC finished first among all conferences in draft value spent on its players. The ACC was second, thanks not to the current conference overlord in Clemson, but to…. North Carolina State, Louisville, and Virginia Tech!

Rk	College	Conf	Draft Value
1	Alabama	SEC	83.9
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	70.4
3	Georgia	SEC	68.7
4	USC	Pac-12	55.7
5	Penn State	Big Ten	54.5
6	North Carolina State	ACC	52.8
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	49.6
8	Notre Dame	Ind	48.4
9	UCLA	Pac-12	46
10	Louisville	ACC	36.6
11	Virginia Tech	ACC	34.5
12	Washington	Pac-12	34.1
13	LSU	SEC	33.7
14	Auburn	SEC	32.4
15	Florida State	ACC	31.1
16	Florida	SEC	30.4
17	UCF	American	27.3
18	Iowa	Big Ten	26.6
19	Wyoming	MWC	22.2
20	Miami (FL)	ACC	21
21	Texas	Big 12	20.5
22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	18.4
23	Texas-San Antonio	non-FBS	17.8
24	Boston College	ACC	17.5
25	Stanford	Pac-12	16.9
26	Maryland	Big Ten	16.6
27	Pitt	ACC	16.5
28	Boise State	MWC	16.4
29	Texas A&M	SEC	15.7
30	Arkansas	SEC	15.5
31	Ole Miss	SEC	15.4
32	South Carolina	SEC	14.1
33	San Diego State	MWC	13.6
34	Nevada	MWC	12.3
34	Memphis	American	12.3
36	UTEP	CUSA	12.1
37	South Carolina State	non-FBS	11.8
38	SMU	American	11.1
39	Wake Forest	ACC	10.8
40	Rutgers	Big Ten	10.4
41	Oregon	Pac-12	10.1
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10
43	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	10
44	South Dakota State	non-FBS	9.8
45	North Carolina	ACC	9.3
46	Tennessee	SEC	8.9
46	Sam Houston State	non-FBS	8.9
48	Colorado	Pac-12	8.7
49	Michigan	Big Ten	8.6
50	North Carolina A&T	non-FBS	8
51	Clemson	ACC	8
52	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7.8
53	Western Michigan	MAC	7.7
54	South Florida	American	7.6
55	Brigham Young	Ind	7.5
56	Fort Hays State	non-FBS	7.4
57	Mississippi State	SEC	7.2
58	Texas Christian	Big 12	6.7
59	Arizona State	Pac-12	6.6
59	Colorado State	MWC	6.6
61	Indiana	Big Ten	6.3
61	Western Kentucky	CUSA	6.3
63	Texas Tech	Big 12	6.3
64	Vanderbilt	SEC	6.1
65	Humboldt State	non-FBS	5.7
66	Virginia	ACC	5.2
67	Richmond	non-FBS	4.8
68	Michigan State	Big Ten	4.6
69	Kansas	Big 12	4.3
70	West Virginia	Big 12	4.2
71	Washington State	Pac-12	4.1
72	Weber State	non-FBS	4.1
73	Missouri	SEC	3.5
73	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3.5
75	Fordham	non-FBS	3.4
75	Stephen F. Austin	non-FBS	3.4
77	Purdue	Big Ten	3
77	Kansas State	Big 12	3
77	Pennsylvania	non-FBS	3
80	Delaware	non-FBS	2.9
81	Illinois State	non-FBS	2.7
82	Arizona	Pac-12	2.6
83	Jacksonville State	non-FBS	2.5
84	Central Michigan	MAC	2.4
85	Northern Iowa	non-FBS	2.3
86	Tulane	American	1.9
87	Utah	Pac-12	1.5
87	Connecticut	American	1.5
87	Temple	American	1.5
90	Maine	non-FBS	1.1
91	Yale	non-FBS	0.9
92	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.8
92	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	0.8
94	Virginia State	non-FBS	0.7
95	Wagner	non-FBS	0.5
95	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	0.5
97	Florida International	CUSA	0.3
98	San Jose State	MWC	0.2
98	Houston	American	0.2

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