Most NFL Draft picks by a school in one year: Revisiting 2022 Georgia, 2020 LSU and the biggest classes ever

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Most NFL Draft picks by a school in one year: Revisiting 2022 Georgia, 2020 LSU and the biggest classes ever

The Sporting News takes a look back at which colleges produced the most NFL Draft picks in one year.

Most NFL Draft picks by a school in one year: Revisiting 2022 Georgia, 2020 LSU and the biggest classes ever

The Sporting News takes a look back at which colleges produced the most NFL Draft picks in one year.

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Each NFL Draft makes it clear there is talent all over the country.

Even the largest draft classes from one school in the seven-round era have accounted for less than six percent of picks in a given year. Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, LSU and more will seemingly always send players to the NFL year in and year out, but NFL teams look all over for an edge on draft day.

At the same time, college football fans know very well some schools just have more talent than others. National champions tend to be well-represented in the draft, and some of college football's best teams in recent memory also sent the largest number of players to the NFL.

Here's a look at the biggest NFL Draft classes from one school, from Georgia to LSU.

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Georgia set an NFL Draft record with 15 drafted players in 2022. Each player was a member of the Bulldogs' 2021 national championship team, which went 14-1 and avenged an SEC championship loss to Alabama by dethroning the Crimson Tide in the title game.

While it was only the program's first national championship in 41 years, Georgia's title-winning team has a case to rank among the best ever. The Bulldogs allowed just 10.2 points per game thanks to an utterly dominant defense, winning a championship despite using two different quarterbacks during the season.

Georgia not only sent 15 players to the NFL in 2022, but even more premier talent from that team — including Brock Bowers, Ladd McConkey, Jalen Carter and Nolan Smith — was drafted in the years that followed.

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Here's a look at all 15 players and when they were drafted in 2021:

Georgia saw five defensive players come off the board in the first round, followed by four more selections on Day 2 of the draft.

As would likely be the case with any grouping of a dozen or more NFL Draft picks, the results were mixed. Injuries derailed Cine's tenure with the Vikings, while Davis had a hard time finding his footing initially with the Eagles. Pickens, Cook and Dean, however, have proven to be strong Day 2 finds, even if Pickens causes headaches for the Steelers.

Let's take a look at which colleges boast the biggest draft classes over the years.

Georgia broke the record, held by LSU and Ohio State, with 15 players drafted in 2022. The Bulldogs' 2021 roster was loaded with NFL talent, some of which didn't enter the league until 2023 or 2024, and the result was the program's first national championship.

Pass-rusher Travon Walker was selected No. 1 overall by the Jaguars, and Georgia saw five defensive players taken in the first round as a whole.

Ohio State threatened Georgia's record with 14 players from its national championship team hearing their name called in the 2025 NFL Draft.

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