Which Colleges Produce the most NFL talent?

The FootballOutsider.com site, from the creators of the Pro Football Prospectus, did an analysis of which colleges produce the most professional (NFL) talent.  They created a point system which credits each school for producing draft picks (sliding scale down for 1st thru 7th round selections), NFL starters, Pro Bowlers, etc.

The results were interesting.  For more detail read the article in its entirety

Top 15 schools are:

1. Miami               834.5 points
2. Florida State     646.5 points
3. Ohio State        642.5 points
4. Georgia             640.5 points
5. Michigan           613.5 points
6. Tennessee        562.5 points
7. Florida              486.5 points
8. LSU                 471.5 points
9. Texas              435 points
10. Nebraska         413 points
11. Auburn            401 points
12. California          387.5 points
13. USC                377 points
14. Notre Dame     358 points
15. Penn State      339 points

The things that jump out at me are:

• USC being only #13 and behind the University of California?  SC is being held back somewhat since this is only 2000 thru 2007, many of their recent talented NFL entries are just starting to rack up starting spots and pro bowls whereas Miami is #1 because between 1999-2003 they were minting between 3 & 5 1st round selections who are all in the prime of their careers today.
• SEC has been dominant on the field and in the NFL with 6 of the top 15 programs on this list.
  • The next best is the Big Ten with 3.  The Pac-10 and Big 12 each brought 2 to the party.

Comments

[Black Liberace]

No Stanford??? suspect