BIRMINGHAM, AL - Forty years ago, three of the top 15 picks in the National Football League draft - Grambling's Richard Harris and Frank Lewis and Southern's Isaiah Robertson - were products from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Look a little deeper and you will find that eight of the first 46 players selected that year came from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
These days, players from HBCUs and particularly the SWAC are rarely taken in the NFL Draft anymore despite a long history of success.
Videographer: hbcusportsonline
Since 2005, the SWAC has had five players drafted, and none were taken in 2009 and 2010 according to league officials.
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