Which schools produce the most draft talent?

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Ultimate Draft Rank: Which schools produce the most draft talent?



ESPN.com staff


​http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23866176/which-schools-produce-most-draft-talent

 

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When Trae Young was selected No. 5 overall in the 2018 NBA draft on June 21, he became the fifth Oklahoma Sooner to be taken in the top 10 this year alone. Kyler Murray made headlines after he was selected No. 9 by the Oakland Athletics in June, Baker Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft back in April and softball teammates Paige Lowary (No. 1) and Paige Parker (No. 6) bookended the National Pro Fastpitch draft's first round in April.

Which got us to thinking ... which school has been the best at producing draft talent across all sports? The Ultimate Draft Ranking comprises data from the past 10 draft classes in the following leagues: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, WNBA, MLL (lacrosse) and NFP (softball).

With a major assist from Matt Williams and the team at ESPN Stats & Information, we gathered data from the past 10 drafts in every league in which U.S. collegiate players are fed into a top professional tier. Our formula? See the methodology below. Here are the top 25 draft producers:

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10. Ohio State Buckeyes

Ultimate Draft score: 1051.9

Total players drafted, 2009-18: 105 (see Ohio State's first-round picks).

Biggest draft-producing sports: Football, men's lacrosse, women's basketball

Seeing Ohio State in the top 10 of these rankings shouldn't come as a surprise. But what might open eyes is how the Buckeyes landed here. The football program has cranked out 60 NFL draft picks since 2009 -- only Alabama and LSU have more -- but Ohio State has had only one other sport produce double-figure draft picks in that span. And kudos if you guessed men's lacrosse. The Buckeyes have had 17 players taken in the MLL draft, while they've had seven each selected in the NBA, WNBA and first 10 rounds of the MLB draft.

 

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Total Draft Picks In Each Sport, Past 10 Drafts

NFL	NBA	MLB*	NHL
1. Alabama 77	1. Kentucky 36	1. Florida 41	1. Boston U. 9
2. LSU 65	2. Duke 22	2. Vanderbilt 37	2. Michigan 7
3. Ohio State 60	3. Kansas 17	t3. LSU 36	3. Wisconsin 6
4. Florida 58	t4. North Carolina 15	t3. Virginia 36	t4. Denver 5
5. USC 56	t4. UCLA 15	5. Kentucky 31	t4 St. Cloud St. 5
t6. Clemson 51	6. Syracuse 14	6. Oregon State 31	t6. Boston College 4
t6. Georgia 51	7. Arizona 12	7. Texas A&M 30	t6. Western Michigan 4
t6. Oklahoma 51	8. Louisville 10	t8. Louisville 29	t9. Notre Dame 3
9. Florida State 46	t9. UConn 9	t8. Arizona State 29	t9. Cornell 3
10. Miami (FL) 42	t9. Michigan 9	10. Arkansas 28	t9. Miami (OH) 3
	t9. Michigan State 9		t9. Providence 3
	t9. Texas 9
	t9. Washington 9
MLS	WNBA	MLL	NPF
1. Akron 25	1. UConn 17	1. Maryland 40	1. Florida 15
2. Wake Forest 23	2. Tennessee 16	2. Syracuse 34	2. Oregon 13
3. Maryland 22	3. Duke 12	3. North Carolina 32	3. Oklahoma 12
t4. UCLA 21	t4. Maryland 10	4. Duke 30	4. LSU 11
t4. North Carolina 21	t4. Florida State 10	t5. Johns Hopkins 28	5. Georgia 10
t6. Notre Dame 20	t5. Rutgers 9	t5. Virginia 28	t6. Michigan 9
t6. Louisville 20	t5. Texas A&M 9	7. Notre Dame 23	t6. Washington 9
8. Creighton 19	t8. Baylor 8	8. Loyola (MD) 21	8. Arizona 8
9. UConn 17	t8. Georgia 8	9. Denver 18	t9. Florida State 7
t10. Cal 16	t8. Stanford 8	t10. Ohio State 17	t9. Missouri 7
t10. Indiana 16		t10. Yale 17	t9. Tennessee 7
t10. USC 16			t9. UCLA 7
*top 10 rounds only
data and research courtesy of ESPN Stats and Info

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