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Mississippi State's Johnthan Banks, right, poses with the Jim Thorpe Award and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, left, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Banks was presented the Thorpe Award in Oklahoma City on Tuesday as college football's best defensive back. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Banks, the former East Webster standout who’s widely projected as a first-round draft pick, will be joined at the combine by fellow cornerback Darius Slay and defensive tackle Josh Boyd.
Defending national champion Alabama will have 10 players at the combine, as will Florida, but it’s LSU with the most invited players out of the SEC, with 13, followed by Georgia with 11.
Also: South Carolina 7, Arkansas 6, Texas A&M 6, Tennessee 5, Auburn 3, Missouri 3, Kentucky 1, Vanderbilt 1.