Stop the presses, baby. Don't look now, but the Big 12 had itself an incredible first round of the NFL draft.

That's right. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartlandcolleagelessports.com. We got this emergency Friday podcast coming your way because the Big 12 just knocked it out of the park. I just crushed it. No one's going to talk about it. Credit to the Big 12 just knocked it out of the park.

It just crushed it.

No one's going to talk about it.

Credit to the Big 12 for bragging about it.

You know, the old Big 12, I don't think would have done this like the current Big 12 was doing it.

But the Big 12 just did something that no other Power Conference did.

It didn't have the most NFL draft picks in the first round.

We all know that. But it's also the smallest of the power five conferences right now with 10 teams.

The Big 12 led all college football conferences with 60% of its teams producing a first round draft

pick. That's right.

You had six players go in the first round all from different teams.

Iowa State.

Will McDonald.

I guess we'll go in order here.

Let's go in order just to make everybody happy.

Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech offensive, offensive outside linebacker.

He ends up getting his name called it number seven overall to the Raiders.

Then Bejohn Robinson to the Falcons at number eight, Texas running back.

Will McDonald, Iowa State, outside linebacker.

Here's his name called at number 15 by the Jets.

TCU wide out Quentin Johnston, 21st overall to the Chargers.

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