Conference Breakdown: WRs in the NFL

So how do the conferences compare in producing WR talent in the NFL. We've already shown that WRs are (statistically) as likely as not to come from non-BCS schools. But this doesn't really address who are the impact NFL WRs. To figure this out, we can once again cross reference ESPN.com with 2008 regular season NFL.com data to get:

NFL WR Yards by College Conference

Some notes:

1. This supports the RB hypothesis: while players are not any more likely to be from BCS schools, the impact players are disproportionately from the BCS. 2/3 of NFL WR yards of from BCS players.
2. The SEC and ACC again dominate production. The Bug 10 isn't so bad in this category though (certainly as compared to RBs).
3. The Pac-10 is a WR quagmire. For all the WRs drafted out of USC, there is very little NFL production

To get a sense of the overall comparison, I provide a comparison of the ACC and Big 10:

NFL WR Yards by School: ACC and Big 10

1. Go Blue!
2. Miami is sick. Just plain sick. FSU is also pretty shocking. This augments some of the arguments made in the previous post.
3. It'd be interesting to look at yardage by state of birth. My guess is that a decent number of the top Big 10 receivers were born in the South (Plexiglass, Jenkins, etc.).

Next up: The linemen. This could be cool, if not really hard to measure.