What Conferences Are Nfl Starters Coming From ?

[MeanGreen61]

Article posted on the muts board by SpaceRaider.

excerpts from a lengthy article:

...Offensive Breakdown

If you breakdown the starters on the offensive side the SEC leads the field with 63

projected starters. The Big Ten finished second with 57 projected starters, and the ACC finishes a very close third with 56 projected offensive starters.

The Pac-10 ended up with 38 projected starters, the Big 12 has 28 projected offensive starters and the WAC has 16 projected NFL offensive starters.

The Mid-American Conference and the Big East Conference each have 13 projected offensive starters and Conference USA has 12 projected starters. The Mountain West Conference finished with 11 projected offensive starters and the Independents, (Notre Dame, Navy and Army) have nine projected starters. The Sun Belt Conference has four projected offensive starters.

The small college ranks have 32 projected starters on the offensive side of the ball......

...Defensive Breakdown

The SEC leads the way on the defensive side of the ball with 74 projected starters. The ACC finished up second with 65 starters and the Big Ten finishes up third with 48 projected starters.

The Big 12 finished fourth with 44 projected defensive starters and the Pac-10 finishes fifth with 32 starters.

The Big East finished up with 20 starters, the Mountain West has 11 projected starters and Conference USA has 10 starters. The Sun Belt has eight projected starters, the Mid-American has six starters and the WAC has five projected starters on defense.

The Independents have four projected defensive starters and the small college teams have 25 projected starters.

Overall Breakdown

When you break it all down, the SEC leads the way with 137 projected starters for the 2008 NFL season. The ACC finished second with 121 projected starters.

The Big Ten finished third with 105 starters and the Big 12 was fourth with 72 projected starters.

The Pac-10 finished with 70 starters, the Big East has 33 starters and Conference USA and the Mountain West each have 22 starters.

The WAC has 21 projected starters and the Mid-American has 19 starters. The Independents have 13 projected starters and the Sun Belt has 12 starters.

There are 57 players from the small college ranks that are projected starters in the NFL for 2008.......

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http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080706...rs_coming_from_