Which schools have produced the most first-round draft picks? In total, 177 schools have had at least one first-round pick, including schools you wouldn’t expect like Marquette, Gonzaga, and St. Mary’s.
But the schools with the most draft picks in the first round are filled with the usual suspects like USC (who has the most No. 1 overall picks in NFL Draft history), Ohio State, and Notre Dame.
Here’s every school that has had a first-round draft pick (updated post-2018 NFL Draft).
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| Rank |
College |
No. of 1st Round Picks |
| 1 |
USC |
81 |
| 2 |
Ohio St. |
79 |
| 3 |
Notre Dame |
68 |
| 4 |
Miami (FL) |
63 |
| 5 |
Alabama |
59 |
| 6 |
Florida |
52 |
| 7(t) |
Michigan |
45 |
| 7(t) |
Tennessee |
45 |
| 9 |
Florida St. |
44 |
| 10(t) |
Oklahoma |
43 |
| 10(t) |
Texas |
43 |
| 12 |
LSU |
41 |
| 13(t) |
Penn St. |
37 |
| 14 |
Michigan St. |
36 |
| 15(t) |
Texas A&M |
35 |
| 15(t) |
UCLA |
35 |
| 17 |
Georgia |
34 |
| 18 |
Nebraska |
33 |
| 19 |
Wisconsin |
30 |
| 20(t) |
Auburn |
29 |
| 20(t) |
Clemson |
29 |
| 22 |
California |
27 |
| 23(t) |
Pittsburgh |
25 |
| 23(t) |
Stanford |
25 |
| 23(t) |
Washington |
25 |
| 26(t) |
Arizona St. |
24 |
| 26(t) |
Colorado |
24 |
| 26(t) |
North Carolina |
24 |
| 29(t) |
Arkansas |
23 |
| 30 |
Mississippi |
22 |
| 31 |
Purdue |
21 |
| 32(t) |
Baylor |
20 |
| 32(t) |
Illinois |
20 |
| 32(t) |
Iowa |
20 |
| 32(t) |
Oklahoma St. |
20 |
| 32(t) |
Syracuse |
20 |
| 37(t) |
Boston Col. |
19 |
| 37(t) |
Missouri |
19 |
| 39 |
Oregon |
17 |
| 40(t) |
Maryland |
16 |
| 40(t) |
Minnesota |
16 |
| 40(t) |
North Carolina St. |
16 |
| 40(t) |
Virginia |
16 |
| 44 |
Louisville |
15 |
| 45 |
Kentucky |
14 |
| 46(t) |
Houston |
13 |
| 46(t) |
South Carolina |
13 |
| 46(t) |
TCU |
13 |
| 49(t) |
Washington St. |
12 |
| 49(t) |
West Virginia |
12 |
| 51(t) |
Indiana |
11 |
| 51(t) |
Virginia Tech |
11 |
| 53(t) |
Arizona |
10 |
| 53(t) |
Georgia Tech |
10 |
