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Twelve of the first 24 picks of the second round Friday night were from the SEC Andy Isabella Jersey , and at the end of the third the conference could lay claim to more than a quarter of the players drafted, 28 of 102.The Big Ten, which had seven players go in the third round, has 16 picks so far, followed by the ACC (12) and the Pac-12 and Big 12 (11 each).Florida offensive lineman Jawaan Taylor was the first of three straight SEC players chosen in the second round, going No. 35 overall to the Jaguars. South Carolina wide receiver Deebo Samuel (49ers) and Mississippi offensive lineman Greg Little were next.Missouri quarterback Drew Lock Clelin Ferrell Jersey , who went No. 42 to the Broncos, started a run of four SEC players taken over five picks.The SEC, which had nine first-round picks Thursday, had 19 players taken Friday.“In the SEC, I had 35 career starts. I left a year early, but I feel like I was ready and prepared to play in the NFL because I played against a lot of great competition Josh Oliver Jersey ,” Taylor said. “Definitely playing at Florida, playing in such a great conference prepared me for this role.”Every SEC school except Arkansas and Tennessee had at least one player drafted in the first three rounds. Alabama has a league-high five and Mississippi and Mississippi State have four each.Defending national champion Clemson has had four players selected to lead the ACC.Last year, the SEC had 27 players drafted through three rounds and finished with 53, and Alabama led the nation with 12.Southern California, the school that has produced the most drafted players in history, didn’t have a player taken until offensive tackle Chuma Edoga was picked by the New York Jets with the 92nd overall pick. That’s the longest USC has had to wait for a player to be selected since 2001.Old Dominion had its first player drafted in program history when defensive end Oshane Ximines went to the Giants in the third round. The fifth-year option is a powerful tool http://www.jacksonvillejaguarsteamonline.com/quincy-williams-ii-jersey , and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively.Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract.All of the others who had their fifth-year options picked up (from Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston to Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota to Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper to Washington guard Brandon Scherff to Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams to Falcons EDGE rusher Vic Beasley to Vikings cornerback Trae Waynes to Saints offensive lineman Andrus Peat to Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker to Chargers running back Melvin Gordon to 49ers defensive lineman Arik Armstead to Rams cornerback Marcus Peters to Eagles receiver Nelson Agholor to Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree to Cardinals offensive lineman D.J. Humphries to Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson to Cowboys defensive back Byron Jones to Browns defensive back Damarious Randall) continue to wait for long-term contracts.It wasn’t supposed to be that way. The league adopted a true rookie wage scale in 2011 in order to prevent busts from sucking millions out of the system. Players who end up earning the big contracts they no longer get are supposed to get them, once they become eligible, after three NFL seasons.The Rams gave Gurley his long-term contract a year ago, and they probably regret it Ryquell Armstead Jersey , given the current condition of his knee. The rest of the first-rounders from 2015 whose options were picked up will have to carry the injury risk for another season, and then either hit the open market or deal with the franchise tag.One of them — Chargers running back Melvin Gordon — openly has vowed to hold out from training camp unless he gets a new contract. Although players operating under the terms of a fifth-year option face dramatically lower daily fines for skipping camp ($30,000 instead of $40,000), the CBA makes the fine for skipping a preseason game the equivalent of a regular-season game check.It thus will be interesting to see whether any of these 2015 first-rounders other than Gordon decide not to show up for training camp. Last year, Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and then-Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack Will Harris Jersey , both entering their option years, held out through the preseason — and they ended up being the two highest-paid defensive players in league history when all was said and done.