2012 NFL Draft Center

SEC Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

Pick	NFL Team	Player	Pos.	School
ROUND 1
3	Cleveland Browns	Trent Richardson	RB	Alabama
6	Dallas Cowboys	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Barron	DB	Alabama
10	Buffalo Bills	Stephon Gilmore	DB	South Carolina
12	Philadelphia Eagles	Fletcher Cox	DT	Mississippi State
14	St. Louis Rams	Michael Brockers	DT	LSU
17	Cincinnati Bengals	Dre Kirkpatrick	DB	Alabama
18	San Diego Chargers	Melvin Ingram	LB	South Carolina
25	New England Patriots	Dont'a Hightower	LB	Alabama
ROUND 2
35	Baltimore Ravens	Courtney Upshaw	LB	Alabama
41	Buffalo Bills	Cordy Glenn	OL	Georgia
45	Chicago Bears	Alshon Jeffery	WR	South Carolina
62	Green Bay Packers	Casey Hayward	DB	Vanderbilt
63	New York Giants	Rueben Randle	WR	LSU
ROUND 3
73	San Diego Chargers	Brandon Taylor	DB	LSU
90	New England Patriots	Jake Bequette	DE	Arkansas
ROUND 4
99	Houston Texans	Ben Jones	C	Georgia
104	Carolina Panthers	Joe Adams	WR	Arkansas
112	Arizona Cardinals	Bobby Massie	OT	Ole Miss
114	Seattle Seahawks	Jaye Howard	DT	Florida
116	Cincinnati Bengals	Orson Charles	TE	Georgia
118	Minnesota Vikings	Jarius Wright	WR	Arkansas
123	Philadelphia Eagles	Brandon Boykin	DB	Georgia
124	Buffalo Bills	Ron Brooks	DB	LSU
131	New York Giants	Brandon Mosley	OT	Auburn
134	Minnesota Vikings	Greg Childs	WR	Arkansas
ROUND 5
136	Indianapolis Colts	Josh Champman	DT	Alabama
137	Denver Broncos	Malik Jackson	DT	Tennessee
146	Kansas City Chiefs	DeQuan Menzie	CB	Alabama
150	St. Louis Rams	Rokevious Watkins	OT	South Carolina
159	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Rainey	RB	Florida
170	Indianapolis Colts	Vick Ballard	RB	Misssissippi State
ROUND 6
175	Minnesota Vikings	Blair Walsh	K	Georgia
181	Seattle Seahawks	Winston Guy	DB	Kentucky
188	Denver Broncos	Danny Trevathan	LB	Kentucky
192	Atlanta Falcons	Charles Mitchell	DB	Mississippi State
ROUND 7
208	Indianapolis Colts	Justin Anderson	OT	Georgia
214	Indianapolis Colts	Tim Fugger	DE	Vanderbilt
236	Baltimore Ravens	Deangelo Tyson	DE	Georgia
242	New York Jets	Antonio Allen	DB	South Carolina
247	Cleveland Browns	Brad Smelley	TE	Alabama
249	Atlanta Falcons	Travian Robertson	DT	South Carolina

SEC PLAYERS TAKEN IN THE 2012 NFL DRAFT (FINAL)

First Round (9)
Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama – 3rd to Cleveland Browns
Morris Claiborne, DB, LSU – 6th to Dallas Cowboys
Mark Barron, SAF, Alabama – 7th to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stephon Gilmore, DB, South Carolina – 10th to Buffalo Bills
Fletcher Cox, DL, Mississippi State – 12th to Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Brockers, DL, LSU – 14th to St. Louis Rams
Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama – 17th to Cincinnati Bengals
Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina – 18th to San Diego Chargers
Dont’a Hightower, ILB, Alabama – 25th to New England Patriots

Second Round (5)
Courtney Upshaw, LB, Alabama – 35th overall / 3rd in round to Baltimore Ravens
Cordy Glenn, OG, Georgia – 42nd overall / 9th in round to Buffalo Bills
Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina – 45th overall / 13th in round to Chicago Bears
Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt – 62nd overall / 30th in round to Green Bay Packers
Rueben Randle, WR, LSU – 63rd overall / 31st in round to New York Giants

Third Round (2)
Brandon Taylor, SAF, LSU – 73rd overall / 10th in round to San Diego Chargers
Jake Bequette, DE, Arkansas – 90th overall / 27th in round to New England Patriots

Fourth Round (10)
Ben Jones, C, Georgia – 99th overall / 4th in round to Houston Texans
Joe Adams, WR, Arkansas – 104th overall / 9th in round to Carolina Panthers
Bobby Massie, OT, Ole Miss – 112th overall / 17th in round to Arizona Cardinals
Jaye Howard, DT, Florida – 114th overall / 19th in round to Seattle Seahawks
Orson Charles, TE, Georgia – 116th overall / 21st in round to Cincinnati Bengals
Jarius Wright, WR, Arkansas – 118th overall / 23rd in round to Minnesota Vikings
Brandon Boykin, CB, Georgia – 123rd overall / 28th in round to Philadelphia Eagles
Ron Brooks, CB, LSU – 124th overall / 29th in round to Buffalo Bills
Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn – 131st overall / 36th in round to New York Giants
Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas – 134th overall / 39th in round to Minnesota Vikings

Fifth Round (6)
Josh Chapman, DT, Alabama – 136th overall / 1st in round to Indianapolis Colts
Malik Jackson, DE, Tennessee – 137th overall / 2nd in round to Denver Broncos
De’Quan Menzie, CB, Alabama – 146th overall / 11th in round to Kansas City Chiefs
Rokevious Watkins, OG, South Carolina – 150th overall / 15th in round to St. Louis Rams
Chris Rainey, RB, Florida – 159th overall / 24th in round to Pittsburgh Steelers
Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State – 170th overall / 35th in round to Indianapolis Colts

Sixth Round (4)
Blair Walsh, PK, Georgia – 175th overall / 5th in round to Minnesota Vikings
Winston Guy, SAF, Kentucky – 181st overall / 11th in round to Seattle Seahawks
Danny Trevathan, LB, Kentucky – 188th overall / 18th in round to Denver Broncos
Charles Mitchell, SAF, Mississippi State – 192nd overall / 22nd in round to Atlanta Falcons

Seventh Round (6)
Justin Anderson, OT, Georgia – 208th overall / 1st in round to Indianapolis Colts
Tim Fugger, DE, Vanderbilt – 214th overall / 7th in round to Indianapolis Colts
DeAngelo Tyson, DE, Georgia – 236th overall / 29th in round to Baltimore Ravens
Antonio Allen, SS, South Carolina – 242th overall / 35th in round to New York Jets
Brad Smelley, TE, Alabama – 247th overall / 40th in round to Cleveland Browns
Travian Robertson, DT, South Carolina – 249th overall / 42nd to Atlanta Falcons

Day Three Notes

* - The SEC had 42 selections in the 2012 NFL Draft.  The number led the nation for the sixth straight year.  (SEC – 42; Big Ten – 41; ACC – 31; Pac 12 – 28; Big 12 – 25; Big East – 12; Mountain West – 12; WAC – 11; Conference USA – 10)
* - All 12 SEC teams had a player selected in the draft.  The SEC is the only conference to have had a player selected from every one of its teams.  (SEC by team total: Alabama 8, Georgia 7, South Carolina 6, LSU 5, Arkansas 4, Miss. State 3, Florida 2, Kentucky 2, Vanderbilt 2, Auburn 1, Ole Miss 1, Tennessee 1)
* - The 42 selections bring the SEC’s total to 279 during the last seven NFL Drafts, an average of 39.8 per year.  The SEC by year since 2006:  37 picks (2006); 41 (2007); 35 (2008); 37 (2009); 49 (2010); 38 (2011); 42 (2012).
* - Alabama led the nation in total draft selections with 8, followed by Georgia and Oklahoma with 7 each.  Seven teams had 6 selections each including South Carolina, California, Miami (Fla.), Michigan State, Iowa, Wisconsin and Boise State.
* - Arkansas tied an NFL Draft record with three wide receivers taken this year.  It ties 1978 Florida and 1983 Tennessee and 11 other teams.
* - Since 2006, the SEC has had 55 first-round selections, an average of 7.86 per year. 
* - The 42 total during that span for the SEC is second to the 2010 total of 49.

Day Two Notes

* - Seven of the 12 SEC schools have had a player selected in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.
* - Last year, the SEC had 20 players selected in the first three rounds of the draft, compared to 16 picks in the first three rounds this season.
* - 12 of the SEC’s 16 selections have been defensive players.
* - Alabama leads all SEC schools with 5 selections in first three rounds followed by LSU (4), South Carolina (3), Mississippi State, Arkansas, Georgia and Vanderbilt with one each.
* - After three rounds, the SEC has the most players selected with 16, closely followed by the Big Ten (14) and Pac-12 (14).  The ACC has had 12 players selected and the Big 12 has had 10.

Day One Notes

* - It is the 6th year in a row and 8th in the last 10 years that the SEC has had multiple selections in the top 7 of the NFL Draft.
* - In last 6 NFL Drafts’ top six picks (36 selections total), the SEC has had 15 total selections.
* - The SEC has had a top three pick in the NFL Draft in 10 of the last 15 seasons.
* - Second year in a row that the SEC has had six of the first 14 selections in the NFL Draft.
* - Eight of the nine selections from the SEC were defensive selections.
* - In last 6 NFL Drafts’ top 15 picks (90 selections total), the SEC has had 29 total selections.
* - The SEC record for most players taken in the first round was 11, set in 2007.  The nine, tonight, is third highest, also behind last season’s 10.
* - During the last six NFL Drafts, the SEC has had 51 players taken in the first round, an average of 8.5 per season.
* - In the last five NFL Drafts (2008-12), 10 of the 12 SEC teams have had players drafted – a total of 30 players overall.