Southeastern Conference coaches get plenty of recruiting mileage out of the league's standing as the biggest producer of NFL draft picks. Its 49 last year led all conferences for the eighth consecutive draft. As it turns out, the mileage goes both ways. A examination of which NFL general managers draft from which conferences most revealed that the two teams that reached the last season -- the and -- have taken a deep draft dive into SEC waters. coach and de facto general manager Bill Belichick has picked a dozen SEC Thon Maker Jersey players over the last five years, while general manager John Schneider has led the way with 14 over that span. Belichick's best SEC pick in that time has been linebacker of Alabama, who has started an average of 13 games a year over his first three years and just delivered a career-high six sacks for the champions. But Hightower doesn't exactly lead a deep group; a number of New England's other SEC picks have been late-round choices who have contributed little, if anything. Schneider, by contrast, has gotten bigger returns. Offensive lineman of Mi souri was a rookie starter in 2014. , a fourth-round pick from Mi si sippi State in 2011, has piled up 350 career tackles and just had his best season with 107. Then there is guard , a first-round pick from Alabama, whose play in Seattle was erratic at times but was good enough to start 23 games the past two years. Carpenter with the . The fell in between Seattle and New England with 13 SEC picks the last five drafts. Owner was the acting general manager over that time, but has since front-office structure. Wide receiver , defensive lineman , offensive lineman -- all from Georgia -- have been the best of that group. Running back (LSU) showed lots of promise as a rookie last year. Four other notable facts from the data: How's this for first-round balance from the ? The club's last five first-round picks have drawn one each from independent Notre Dame ( ), the Big Ten ( , Wisconsin), SEC ( , LSU), Pac-12 ( , USC) and Big 12 ( , Oklahoma State). A first-timer in the second? GM Rick Spielman has overseen four drafts, the last three as general manager in Minnesota and one with the in 2004, and has never made a second-round pick. For the moment, the ' 2015 second-rounder is still Spielman's. Count GM Ted Thompson and GM Trent Baalke among the most fearle s when it comes to drafting prospects outside the Power Five conferences. Each has picked 16 of them over the last five drafts, most among 13 clubs whose GM has been in place at least that long. The ' Les Snead has racked up 11 in just three drafts. The generally stick to big schools. Of those same 13 GMs with five-plus years of experience, the ' Mickey Loomis has drafted the fewest small-school prospects -- just four since 2010 ( from Arkansas-Pine Bluff, from Tarleton State, from Regina-Canada and from Samford). Part of the reason for that could be that New Orleans has made just 27 total picks over the last five years. *Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter * Damyean Dotson Jersey