2023 first round NFL draft picks by home state: Florida, Georgia lead the way

The SEC and the Big Ten were the two conferences with the most 2023 first-round draft picks, but what about which home states?

Let’s take a took.

Here are the states that produced the most 2023 first-round selections:

T1: Florida (five)

The selections: Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson (No. 4 overall to the Indianapolis Colts), Illinois cornerback Devon Witherspoon (No. 5 to the Seattle Seahawks), Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter (No. 9 to the Philadelphia Eagles), Pittsburgh defensive lineman Calijah Kancey (No. 19 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and Boston College wide receiver Zay Flowers (No. 22 to the Baltimore Ravens)

Note: Florida was the only state with three top 10 picks.

T1: Georgia (five)

The selections: Alabama EDGE Will Anderson (No. 2 to the Houston Texans), Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs (No. 12 to the Detroit Lions), Georgia offensive lineman Broderick Jones (No. 14 to the Pittsburgh Steelers), Clemson EDGE Myles Murphy (No. 28 to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Georgia EDGE Nolan Smith (No. 30 to the Philadelphia Eagles)

Note: It was the second time in the last three drafts that the state of Georgia either produced the most or tied for the most first-round picks.

T3: Maryland/Washington, D.C. (four)

The selections: USC wide receiver Jordan Addison (No. 23 to the Minnesota Vikings), Maryland defensive back Deonte Banks (No. 24 to the New York Giants), Oklahoma offensive lineman Anton Harrison (No. 27 to the Jacksonville Jaguars) and Clemson defensive lineman Bryan Bresee (No. 29 to the New Orleans Saints)

Note: The Maryland/Washington, D.C. area had double the first-round picks it had the previous two years combined.

T3: Texas (four)

The selections: Texas Tech EDGE Tyree Wilson (No. 7 to the Las Vegas Raiders), Oregon defensive back Christian Gonzalez (No. 17 to the New England Patriots), Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (No. 20 to the Seahawks) and TCU wide receiver Quentin Johnston (No. 21 to the Los Angeles Chargers)

Note: It was at least the third straight year that three or more first-round picks were from the state of Texas.

T5: California (two)

The selections: Alabama quarterback Bryce Young (No. 1 to the Carolina Panthers) and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud (No. 3 to the Texans)

Note: Two of the first three picks of the draft were from California, but there wasn’t another California native selected in the first round after that. California’s total number of first round picks was down from three in 2021 and four in 2022. Young was the first top pick since 2020 to not be a Georgia native.

T5: Illinois

The selections: Northwestern offensive lineman Peter Skoronski (No. 11 to the Tennessee Titans) and Iowa defensive lineman Lukas Van Ness (No. 13 to the Green Bay Packers)

Note: Illinois, which didn’t produce any first round picks last year, was the only state other than Georgia with multiple top-15 picks.

Note: There were nine other states that produced one first-round pick — Arizona, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin.