Imagine that, the SEC is getting a lot of love in early NFL mock drafts.

The conference that has watched 23 players get drafted in the past two first rounds of the NFL draft, and 14 drafted in first five picks of the past eight drafts, again looks primed to have another successful first round.

On the final day for players to declare for the NFL draft, ESPN's NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. debuted his first mock draft of the new year. In his Mock Draft 1.0, he has seven SEC players going in the first round in April.

Four are projected to be top-10 picks:

4. Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama -- Oakland Raiders

6. Shane Ray, DE, Missouri -- New York Jets

7. Landon Collins, S, Alabama -- Chicago Bears

8. Dante Fowler Jr., DE, Florida -- Atlanta Falcons

As long as we're thinking about the draft, fellow draft expert Todd McShay also released his next batch of the top 32 players eligible for the draft. McShay also had seven SEC players make his list, with three ranking in the top 10 -- Ray, Cooper and Collins.