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Big draft looming for the SEC

April, 26, 2012

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By Chris Low | ESPN.com

It could be a record haul tonight in the NFL draft for the SEC.

As many as 12 players from the SEC are being projected to go in the first round, which will be carried live tonight on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2 and 3 will be on Friday, also on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. Rounds 4-7 will be on Saturday with ESPN coverage beginning at noon.

2012 NFL Draft

NFL Draft Rd. 1: April 26, 8 p.m. ET
Rd. 2-3: April 27, 7 p.m. ET
Rd. 4-7: April 28, Noon ET
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The most first-round selections the SEC has produced in one draft was 11 in 2007.

So if 12 go tonight, that would break the record.

Here's a look at the 12 SEC players being pegged to go in the first round. They're listed in order of their rank on Mel Kiper's Big Board

RB Trent Richardson, Alabama
CB Morris Claiborne, LSU
DE Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
S Mark Barron, Alabama
CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina
OT Cordy Glenn, Georgia
DT Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
OT Bobby Massie, Ole Miss
DT Michael Brockers, LSU
CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama
LB Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
LB Dont'a Hightower, Alabama

Chris Low | email

College Football

ESPN.com SEC blogger
Joined ESPN.com in 2007
Wrote for The (Nashville) Tennessean

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Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi Rebels, Georgia Bulldogs, Dre Kirkpatrick, Stephon Gilmore, Mark Barron, Bobby Massie, Melvin Ingram, Trent Richardson, Dont'a Hightower, Morris Claiborne, Fletcher Cox, Cordy Glenn, Michael Brockers

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