Big 12 continues to look weak with just one first round pick in NFL draft

Former Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Baker Mayfield was selected—to the shock of most fans around the world—with the first overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft.

After that, there were zero other selections in the first round hailing from the Big 12 Conference.

Once again, the SEC and ACC looked great, with 10 and six players chosen last night, respectively. You read that right—half of the draft’s first round selections came from those two conferences.

And the Big 12, again, had just one player taken. For the second consecutive year. Last year, our own Patrick Mahomes was the only player out of the conference selected in the first round.

It’s hard to sit here and analyze the problem, or come…