2025 NFL Draft: Rounds 1-7 picks by college conference

The 2025 NFL Draft is officially in the books. Nearly 260 players heard their names called, and the SEC and Big Ten helped lead the charge.

Those two conferences had the most draftees this year. The SEC held the top spot, while the Big Ten – led by a huge showing from Ohio State after winning the national championship this past season – came in second among the leagues with players drafted.

As a whole, the Power 4 leagues separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Here are the picks by conference from the 2025 NFL Draft.

• SEC: 79
• Big Ten: 71
• ACC: 42
• Big 12: 31
• Independent: 7
• Mountain West: 6
• AAC: 6
• MAC: 4
• Big Sky: 3
• Missouri Valley: 2
• CAA: 1
• Conference USA: 1
• Pac-12: 1
• Sun Belt: 1
• SWAC: 1
• ASUN: 1

The ACC had a huge final day of the 2025 NFL Draft and was able to leapfrog the Big 12 for the third-most draftees for a conference. All told, 31 players from the conference went off the board Saturday during Rounds 4-7.

Ohio State led the charge with the most draftees this year. The Buckeyes saw 14 players go off the board from their national title-winning team, including 13 in the first five rounds alone. Quarterback Will Howard was then selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers to round out Ohio State’s draft class and tie the program’s own Big Ten record for most picks by a school.

Wide receiver Emeka Egbuka was the first Buckeye drafted, heading to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the No. 19 overall pick in the first round. Offensive lineman Donovan Jackson and defensive lineman Tyleik Williams then went No. 24 and No. 28, respectively, before offensive lineman Josh Simmons closed out the first round as the No. 32 overall pick.

The two-headed rushing attack of Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson – which helped propel Ohio State to the title – then went just three picks apart in the second round. Judkins went to the Cleveland Browns as the No. 36 overall selection, and Henderson headed to the New England Patriots at No. 38.

With 14 draftees in 2025, Ohio State came one short of the all-time NFL Draft record. Georgia still holds the top spot with 15 players selected in 2022, and the Bulldogs remain one of the most dominant programs during draft weekend after 13 players went off the board this year, just one spot behind Ohio State.