Seniors Ahmad Black (Lakeland, Fla.), Marcus Gilbert (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Chas Henry (Dallas, Ga.), Maurice Hurt (Midgeville, Ga.), Carl Johnson (Shelbyville, N.C.) and Mike Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.) and junior Will Hill (West Orange, N.J.) will all compete in the 2011 NFL Combine from Feb. 24-March 1.
Florida and Georgia lead the SEC with seven player invitations, followed by LSU with six and South Carolina with five. No other school in the country received four invitations for offensive linemen.
UF has a nation's best seven first-round picks since 2007 and the Gators have had a first round pick in each of the last four NFL Drafts. Florida tied a school record with three first-round draft picks last year and led the nation with nine selections a year ago.
The Southeastern Conference leads the nation with 40 total players invited to participate in the Combine. In 2010, the SEC had 49 players selected in the NFL Draft, the most SEC players ever taken in the NFL Draft.
More than 300 top prospects for the NFL Draft will be invited to participate at the combine in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The event is a vital step in athletes playing in the NFL.
You can follow the event on NFL.com and on the NFL Network.
SEC
| FLORIDA - 7 |
| Georgia – 7 |
| LSU - 6 |
| S. Carolina - 5 |
| Auburn – 4 |
| Alabama – 3 |
| Kentucky – 2 |
| Ole Miss – 2 |
| Arkansas – 2 |
| Miss. State – 1 |
| Tennessee – 1 |
| Vanderbilt – 0 |
| TOTAL = 40 |
Other Conferences
| ACC – 39 |
| Big 10 – 30 |
| Big 12 – 26 |
| Big East – 25 |
| Pac 10 - 20 |
