NFL DRAFT: The Top 25 All-Time Picks from the SWAC

Players from current FCS schools have been drafted into the NFL since the first time the league held one — 1936. While great players like Grambling​ product Tank Younger were in the NFL a bit earlier, it wasn't until 1952 that a player was actually drafted from a present-day SWAC program. Alcorn State's Jack Spinks was selected 126th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers and went on to a five-year career.

Since then, hundreds more SWAC products have been drafted. College football has changed a ton in the 81 years since the first draft — and the inception of FCS/I-AA football in 1978. But the message remains the same — current FCS programs have been producing NFL-level talent decades.

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Today, we take a look at the SWAC and its current programs — and the all-time Top 25 NFL picks taken from these schools. Could players like Javancy Jones (Jackson State) and Chad Williams (Grambling​) add to the list below when the 2017 comes along? Time will tell. April 27 is less than one month away.

NOTE: These are in order based on what spot they were picked. AFL Draft picks from the 1960s are included, and noted … since this league eventually merged with the NFL. Some prospects were drafted by both leagues.

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Here are Nos. 11 through 25.