The NFL Draft is ready to start in a single week which is at all times one of the crucial thrilling instances of the 12 months for Georgia football followers. The Bulldogs at all times have a few of the most gamers drafted yearly, and that’s projected to be the case once more this 12 months.
One of many gamers who’s assured to be chosen within the draft this 12 months is security Malaki Starks. Not solely will Starks get drafted this 12 months, however he initiatives to be a primary spherical draft choose as nicely. Generally gamers do fall out of the primary spherical even when that’s the place they’re projected, however Starks is one of two Bulldogs who will be at the draft in person subsequent week. So there actually is not any better signal that he can be a primary spherical choose this 12 months.
However how excessive he goes is the query everybody has. Some imagine he can be a high 15 choose whereas others assume he’ll fall into the 20s, but when he finally ends up a high 15 choose then he’ll make Georgia historical past.
First defensive again chosen within the high 15 in twenty years
Georgia followers are spoiled as a result of they recurrently have gamers taken inside the highest 10 or 15 of the draft. However one place the place that doesn’t occur typically is at defensive again. Actually, Jonathan Williams with Georgia Bulldogs on SI shared that UGA hasn’t had a defensive again taken throughout the first 15 picks since 2005 when Thomas Davis achieved that feat.
On high of that, Georgia hasn’t had a defensive again chosen within the high 14 picks since 1999 when Champ Bailey was chosen with the No. 7 choose within the draft.
Right now it’s unkown precisely the place Starks will land, however there’s a good likelihood he will get picked throughout the first 15 alternatives. And if that occurs, then Starks can be rewriting the historical past books at Georgia as soon as once more.
