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We're not exactly in the golden age of Big 12 football with the 2021 season on the horizon. The conference did not have a participant in the 2020 College Football Playoff, and it was similarly absent from the first round of the 2021 NFL draft on Thursday.
No Big 12 players were selected among the first 32 picks Thursday night, marking the first year in conference history without a first-round pick. Meanwhile, 12 SEC players heard their name called at the podium in Cleveland.
Each of the other four Power 5 conferences generated multiple first-round picks Thursday night.