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Georgia HC Kirby Smart on NFL Draft: 'It's Like the SEC Draft With Two Other Teams in It'

On Thursday night, the SEC broke the NCAA/NFL record for the most first-round draft picks from a single conference, with 15. The previous conference record of 12 which the SEC also set in 2013 and matched in 2017.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said Friday that the success of the conference is a great "sales piece."

"It's like the SEC Draft with two other teams in it," Smart said on ESPN's Paul Finebaum radio show. "That’s the way it’s going to be for the time to come if you look at the recruiting across our conference.