#1 overall picks from SEC schools in the Big 3 professional sports

Has any SEC school hit for the Triple Crown in #1 overall picks (#1 overalls in all three pro sports)? Yes... see for yourself or scroll to the bottom.

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NFL

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1940 - Tennessee, George Cafego
1943 - UGA, Frank Sinkwich
1945 - UGA, Charley Trippi
1948 - Bama, Harry Gilmer
1952 - Vandy, Bill Wade
1953 - UGA, Harry Babcock
1960 - LSU, Billy Cannon
1965 - Auburn, Tucker Frederickson
1986 - Auburn, Bo Jackson
1988 - Auburn, Aundray Bruce
1998 - Tennessee, Peyton Manning
1999 - Kentucky, Tim Couch
2004 - Ole Miss, Eli Manning
2007 - LSU, Jamarcus Russell
2009 - UGA, Matthew Stafford
2011 - Auburn, Cam Newton
2014 - South Carolina, Jadeveon Clowney
2017 - Texas A&M, Myles Garrett

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SEC School NFL #1 Summary

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Auburn (4) - Tucker Frederickson, Bo Jackson, Aundray Bruce, Cam Newton
UGA (4) - Frank Sinkwich, Charley Trippi, Harry Babcock, Matthew Stafford
LSU (2) - Billy Cannon, Jamarcus Russell
Tennessee (2) - George Cafego, Peyton Manning
Bama (1) - Harry Gilmer
Kentucky (1) - Tim Couch
Ole Miss (1) - Eli Manning
South Carolina (1) - Jadeveon Clowney
Texas A&M (1) - Myles Garrett
Vanderbilt (1) - Bill Wade

Teams with zero (0) #1 NFL overall picks - Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Missouri

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NBA

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1992 - LSU, Shaquille O'Neal
2010 - Kentucky, John Wall
2012 - Kentucky, Anthony Davis
2015 - Kentucky, Karl-Anthony Towns
2016 - LSU, Ben Simmons

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SEC School NBA #1 Summary

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Kentucky (3) - John Wall, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns
LSU (2) - Shaquille O'Neal, Ben Simmons

Teams with zero (0) #1 NBA overall picks - All 12 other SEC teams

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MLB

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1989 - LSU, Ben McDonald
2007 - Vanderbilt, David Price
2015 - Vanderbilt, Dansby Swanson

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SEC School MLB #1 Summary

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Vanderbilt (2) - David Price, Dansby Swanson
LSU (1) - Ben McDonald

Teams with zero (0) #1 NBA overall picks - All 12 other SEC teams

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Comments/Notes

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- I am using the common/modern drafts for each sport that are still in use today (for instance, MLB's started in 1965... if they had a draft prior to that, I don't know about it).

- The SEC #1 Overall Triple Crown Winner? LSU.

- Next closest to joining the SEC Triple Crown Club? Oddly enough, Kentucky and Vanderbilt! (Vandy needs a #1 overall in the NBA and Kentucky needs one in MLB.)

- Total overall #1's for each school - LSU (5), Auburn (4), UGA (4), Kentucky (4), Vanderbilt (3), Tennessee (2), Bama (1), Ole Miss (1), South Carolina (1), Texas A&M (1), Arkansas (0), Florida (0), Mississippi State (0), Missouri (0)

- Common wisdom from this year's baseball talent scouts is that Auburn's Casey Mize is the odds-on favorite to be the overall #1 in the upcoming MLB draft. If/when that happens, Auburn will join Kentucky and Vandy as Triple Crown 1st runners-up behind LSU. And will also then equal LSU in overall #1's selected.

- No, #1 choices made while in the SWC, ACC, Indpendent, etc. do not count.

- LSU's two #1 overall picks from the NFL draft sure are... interesting.

- Holy shite, Florida? What the hell? ZERO?

- How in the hell has Bama not had a #1 overall choice in the NFL draft since 1948?

- How did Kentucky manage to not have a #1 overall choice in the NBA draft until 2010?

- How in the world did the SEC not have a #1 overall choice in the MLB draft until 1989?

- From an Auburn standpoint, at least until Casey Mize is (hopefully) picked, Auburn's next highest choices are, in baseball, Frank Thomas (#7 overall in the 1989 MLB draft) and, in basketball, Chuck "Crooked" Person (#4 overall in the 1986 NBA Draft) and Chris Morris (#4 overall in the 1988 NBA Draft). The six players selected in the 1989 MLB Draft ahead of Frank Thomas all turned out to be JAGs (including LSU's Ben McDonald) while Thomas had a Hall of Fame career. And, if you are curious, Charles Barkley was selected 5th overall in the 1984 NBA Draft.

- Feel free to add your school's highest picks in the three professional drafts below.