The first round of the 2024 NFL draft is officially in the books following the festivities held in Detroit on Thursday night. Among the 32 players selected, 11 came from Southeastern Conference schools stretching across six different programs.

Much of the focus across the Southeastern Conference during the spring falls on the quarterbacks. But it's also a time to look ahead to potential breakout players, either from youngsters or transfers.

Multiple SEC and Big Ten schools led the list of college football programs with the most first-round picks in the past 10 years.

A look at football players in the Big 12 Conference this spring who could have breakout seasons in the fall, when Oklahoma and Texas will be in the Southeastern Conference. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah will come in from the Pac-12 to make the Big 12 a 16-team league.

NFL Draft is almost here, and that means several players with ties to the Carolinas will soon hit an important milestone as they pursue their NFL dreams. North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is the headliner of the group as the only sure-fire first-rounder,

NFL Draft will see 257 total players land in the next destination on their football journeys. But as college football fans know, their careers got started on Saturdays on the college football field. Which conferences produced the most picks in the 2024 NFL Draft?

The National Football Selection Meeting, as late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle called it, gives teams that struggle to consistently put a good product on the field a chance to reset and build hope for the future instantly.