In 2016, Tech had 3 players drafted, as in 2017 (
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foot...state-alabama- )
#'s in both 2016 & 2017:
1. 19 -Ohio State (12, 7)
2. 17 -Alabama (7, 10)
3. 15 -Clemson (9, 6)
-Florida (7, 8)
5. 14 -Michigan (3, 11)
6. 13 -UCLA (8, 5)
-LSU (5, 8)
8. 11 -Miami, FL (2, 9)
9. 9 -Notre Dame (7, 2)
-Utah (1, 8)
-USC (4, 5)
-Ole Miss (5, 4)
13. 8 -ArKansas (5, 3)
-Oklahoma (4, 4)
-Texas A&M (3, 5)
16. 7 -Stanford (5, 2)
-Washington (2, 5)
- Michigan St (5, 2)
-Baylor (6,1) [interesting post scandal/allegation results]
-West Virginia (5, 2)
-California (4, 3)
-Auburn (3, 4)
23. 6 -
Louisiana Tech (3,3)
-Tennessee (0, 6)
-North Carolina (0, 6)
-Pittsburgh (1, 5)
-Georgia (5,1)
-Penn St (5, 1)
-TCU (5, 1)
-Florida St. (2, 4)
-Virginia Tech (2, 4)
-Houston (3, 3)
-NC St (3, 3)
-Temple (3, 3)
35-130 (FBS schools): 5 or less
So, Tech is in the
top 23 of colleges with # of draft picks over the past 2 years, and is one of
34 schools with 6 or more draft picks over that span
, a top 20% stat (i.e. 23/130 ~ 18%).
Note: the first post's link did not have Western Kentucky in 2017 (2 picks), so I validated with
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foot...-alabama-picks