NFL Draft History

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Cleveland - Notre Dame, with 465 draft picks all-time, leads college football with the most selections since the beginning of the NFL draft in 1936.

Traditional powers USC, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Michigan round out the top five.

As for first-rounders, USC leads with 74, followed by Ohio State and Notre Dame.

During the early years of the NFL draft, there were many more rounds.

The draft was reduced to the current length of seven rounds in 1994. Since then, Ohio State leads with 105 picks.

Below is a list ranking college football's All-Time Top 20, in terms of the number of selections in the NFL draft.

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Rank School All-time picks *Since '94 1st-round 1 Notre Dame 465 78 61 2 USC 463 94 74 3 Ohio State 393 105 66 4 Oklahoma 344 66 41 5 Michigan 335 72 42 6 Nebraska 331 83 32 7 Tennessee 329 96 42 8 Penn State 323 71 36 9 Texas 321 61 42 10 Miami (Fla.) 295 91 59 10 Florida 295 90 42 12 Alabama 286 66 36 12 Michigan State 286 49 32 14 UCLA 284 45 29 15 Georgia 282 84 26 16 LSU 281 71 32 17 Washington 273 45 18 18 Purdue 267 40 20 19 Pittsburgh 263 35 24 20 Colorado 257 62 22

Sources: NFL, Pro Football Hall of Fame and Plain Dealer archives

* Draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1994.