College and draft origins of 2016 Pro Bowl players

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College and draft origins of 2016 Pro Bowl players

At Wednesday's draft at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii, quarterback was Caleb Joseph Jersey by Team Irvin in .This is 74 spots earlier than where Wilson was selected in the , when the made him the sixth quarterback taken in that year's draft. Any would place Wilson much closer to the No. 1 overall spot than the No. 75 spot from 2012. Imagine how that would have changed the landscape of the NFL, which has been dominated by the since Wilson's arrival. That's a discu sion for another time.At this year's (Sunday on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET), Wilson is one of four players from Wisconsin, among 18 players from Big Ten schools, 11 players picked in the third round and 13 players from the who were selected for the league's all-star event.We've di sected the 2016 rosters by NFL draft rounds, draft years, colleges and conferences. For clarity, a " selection" includes all players voted to participate in the game, as well as those who were chosen to replace either injured picks or players taking part in 50.Here are some noteworthy tidbits from a college football and draft perspective for the 2016 : It should as no surprise to anybody who has even a pedestrian knowledge of college football and the draft that the SEC paced all conferences with the most selections with 25. Following the SEC were the ACC (21), Pac-12 (20), Big Ten (18) and Big 12 (12). There are 10 picks who came from non-FBS programs. Among schools, Georgia, LSU and USC each had six former players selected to the 2016 . The programs that paced the other conferences might come as a Rio Ruiz Jersey surprise. The ACC is not led by Clemson -- which played for the national championship this past season -- or Florida State -- which won the national title in 2013 and played in the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2014. Louisville and Pittsburgh have the most picks for an ACC school with four apiece. In the Big Ten, Nebraska, Penn State and Wisconsin each lead the way with four ers apiece. Oklahoma leads the Big 12 with three selections, which is the same total as Central Florida of the American Athletic Conference and the independent Notre Dame. Shippensburg has a Division II football program. In its history, Shippensburg has sent five total players to the NFL. Two of those players -- cornerback and fullback -- will take part in the 2016 . That total matches Joey Rickard Jersey the number of selections for Alabama, which has won three national titles in football over the last five years, . Coastal Carolina -- a playoff regular at the FCS level -- also had two picks. However, neither player -- cornerback or fullback -- will take part in the due to obligations. This statistic should also come as no surprise ... if you break down the rosters by draft round, the first round easily paces the other rounds. It's by how many that might come as a bit of a shock. There are 68 players who were selected to the -- either by vote or as an injury or participant replacement -- who were first-round picks. In all of the other rounds, there are 48 players. If you take into account undrafted players, there are 61 ers. There are more ers who went undrafted than ers picked in any other Chris Tillman Jersey round beside the first round and the second round (14 players). There are 10 players chosen in of the who were selected to this year's , the most for any first round. The first rounds of the 2014 and the are tied for second most ers at seven apiece. That 2007 cla s has four ers that one could make a strong case for enshrinement into the -- wide receiver , running back , cornerback and offensive tackle . The cla s also has the most selections with 17, with quarterback -- in that draft -- leading the way and featuring some exceptional talents such as , , , , , and . This makes sense, with five seasons in the league the players from this draft cla s are in the prime Anthony Santander Jersey of their careers.So, it should come as no surprise that the cla s has the second most selections with 15. The cla s and the 2014 cla s each had 13 players selected to the 2016 . Newton is among four No. 1 overall draft picks who were selected to the 2016 . The others are quarterback (), quarterback () and quarterback ().Follow Jim Reineking on Twitter .
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