Jedeveon Clowney

Jadeveon Clowney is seen on stage with his jersey after being selected first by the Houston Texans at the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City on Thursday, May 8th, 2014 in New York, NY. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

(Gregory Payan)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Nick Saban started beating the drum in January.

Four months later and just one hour before the start of the 2014 NFL Draft, the Alabama coach harped once again on a trend that bothered him for multiple reasons.

A fourth consecutive year with a record number of underclassmen declaring for the draft didn't sit well with the former NFL coach. From both angles, he didn't see anything to like about it.

"The thing that scares me the most about this is there may be 30 or more players this year because there are so many players that don't even have the opportunity to make the team," Saban said Thursday. "It's not only not good for them, it's not really good for the league and the NFL and it's not really good for college football, either. I think we're all losing if we continue to promote guys who aren't high draft picks to go out for the draft early."

Turns out, that number of undrafted underclassmen was even higher than Saban anticipated.

Of the 98 underclassmen who declared for the draft, 36 went unselected. Tack on the two players who graduated but left a year of eligibility on the table -- Alabama's Adrian Hubbard and USC's Dion Bailey -- and the total grows to 38.

Half of the first-round picks, including the top four and six of the top 10, were underclassmen. Eighteen came off the board in the second round. Day 3, though, was almost exclusively filled with players who used up all of their college eligibility before entering the draft. Only 22 were selected in the fourth-seventh rounds.

Nine of the 38 came from the SEC.

Here's the full breakdown. Asterisks denote that a player graduated but had one year of eligibility remaining.

Undrafted underclassmen

DB Nick Addison - Bethune-Cookman

RB George Atkinson - Notre Dame

**S Dion Bailey - USC

RB Kapri Bibbs - Colorado State

RB Brendan Bigelow - California

WR Chris Boyd - Vanderbilt

WR Brandon Coleman - Rutgers

RB Isaiah

Crowell - Alabama State

WR Austin Franklin - New Mexico State

DT Carlos Gray - North Carolina State

TE Xavier Grimble - USC

T Terrance Hackney - Bethune-Cookman

CB Vic Hampton - South Carolina

**LB

Adrian Hubbard - Alabama

CB Kameron Jackson - California

TE Nic Jacobs - McNeese State

DT Anthony Johnson - LSU

RB Henry Josey - Missouri

TE A.C. Leonard - Tennessee State

DB Albert Louis-Jean - Boston College

TE Colt Lyerla - Oregon

DE Chris McCain - California

DT Viliami Moala - California

RB Adam Muema - San Diego State

TE Jake Murphy - Utah

CB Loucheiz Purifoy - Florida

DL Kelcy Quarles - South Carolina

RB Darrin Reaves - UAB

OL Antonio Richardson - Tennessee

CB Marcus Roberson - Florida

QB Brett Smith - Wyoming

RB Jerome Smith - Syracuse

WR Willie Snead - Ball State

RB John Spooney - Brown

WR Josh Stewart - Oklahoma State

DL George Uko - USC

FS Pierre Warren - Jacksonville State

RB James Wilder Jr. - Florida State

FIRST ROUND - 16

1. DE Jadeveon Clowney - Texans

2. OT Greg Robinson - Rams

3. QB Blake Bortles - Jaguars

4. WR Sammy Watkins - Bills

7. WR Mike Evans - Bucs

10. TE Eric Ebron - Lions

12. WR Odell Beckham - Giants

15. LB Ryan Shazier - Steelers

18. S Calvin Pryor - Jets

20. WR Brandin Cooks - Saints

21. S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix - Packers

22. QB Johnny Manziel - Browns

28. WR Kelvin Benjamin - Panthers

29. DT Dominique Easley - Patriots

31. CB Bradley Roby - Broncos

32. **QB Teddy Bridgewater - Vikings

SECOND ROUND - 18

33. OG Xavier Su'a-Filo - Texans

34. DE Demarcus Lawrence - Cowboys

38. TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins - Bucs

39. WR Marqise Lee - Jaguars

44. OT Cyrus Kouandjio - Bills

45. WR Paul Richardson - Seahawks

46. DE Stephon Tuitt - Steelers

48. DT Timmy Jernigan - Ravens

49. TE Jace Amaro - Jets

51. DT Ego Ferguson - Bears

52. TE Troy Niklas - Cardinals

53. WR Davante Adams - Packers

54. RB Bishop Sankey - Titans

55. RB Jeremy Hill - Bengals

56. WR Cody Latimer - Broncos

60. DE Kony Ealy - Panthers

61. WR Allen Robinson - Jaguars

63. WR Jarvis Landry - Dolphins

THIRD ROUND - 8

70. C Marcus Martin - 49ers

72. DE Scott Crichton - Vikings

75. RB Tre Mason - Rams

83. DT Louis Nix - Texans

90. WR Donte Moncrief - Colts

92. OG Trai Turner - Panthers

94. RB Terrance West - Browns

98. TE Richard Rodgers - Packers

FOURTH ROUND - 10

102. DB Bashaud Breeland - Redskins

103. RB Devonta Freeman - Falcons

106. WR Bruce Ellington - 49ers

111. C Russell Bodine - Bengals

117. RB Ka'Deem Carey - Bears

118. WR Martavis Bryant - Steelers

121. **DE Carl Bradford - Packers

124. RB De'Anthony Thomas - Chiefs

126. LB Khairi Fortt - Saints

140. OT Cameron Fleming - Patriots

FIFTH ROUND - 5

145. OL David Yankey - Vikings

150. DE Aaron Lynch - 49ers

162. S Ed Reynolds - Eagles

167. S Vinnie Sunseri - Saints

169. LB Ronald Powell - Saints

SIXTH ROUND - 3

177. DE Jeoffrey Pagan - Texans

181. RB Alfred Blue - Texans

186. RB Lache Seastrunk - Redskins

SEVENTH ROUND - 4

222. RB Storm Johnson - Jaguars

247. S Jonathan Dowling - Raiders

253. LB Yawin Smallwood - Falcons

254. CB Terrance Mitchell - Cowboys