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SEC in the 2016 MLB Draft

A total of 14 SEC student-athletes were selected on the first day of the Major League Baseball Draft on Thursday. Seven were selected in the first round/lottery round A, including two in the top-10. Tennessee's Nick Senzel was selected second overall by the Cincinnati Reds, while the Oakland Athletics took Florida's A.J. Puk with the sixth overall pick.

**The SEC's four first round picks represented three different schools. The SEC has now had a first-round MLB selection each year since 1991 and 109 total in the first round during that time.

**Tennessee's Nick Senzel was selected by the Cincinnati Reds as the No.