Georgia NFL Draft central: Pick-by-pick updates from historic class
The Georgia NFL Draft party in 2022 is a sight to behold.
Pick after pick, this ought to be one long, successful recruiting pitch for Kirby Smart and the Dawgs.
This year’s festivities in Las Vegas figure to be a constant, ‘Hey, that could be you up there,’ message.
Outside of the significance for Smart and any prospective Georgia football players, it’s just a fun reminder of how special the 2021 season was.
And there’s more where that came from in 2023.
Before we get ahead of ourselves too much, let’s focus on the 2022 NFL Draft.
Back to back Bulldogs breaks NFL record
Georgia not only tied the seven-round NFL Draft record, but it broke it with Derion Kendrick and John FitzPatrick being picked.
One more Bulldog being selected would tie an NFL record
Georgia’s just one Bulldog away from tying an NFL record after the selection of Jamaree Salyer
Justin Shaffer staying close to home, headed to Atlanta
The Falcons have finally ended an 11 streak of ignoring Georgia, picking Justin Shaffer in the sixth round
Jake Camarda picked by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Camarda going to an immediate contender with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being picked in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He’s the third specialist and second punter to be taken today.
Georgia breaks program record… more to come?
We told you this would be a historic draft for Georgia. Zamir White helped solidify that statement, becoming the tenth Georgia player picked, a new program-record.
Dawgs continue to come off board on Day Two
Four more Georgia players came off the board on the second day of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Nakobe Dean and Channing Tindall put another feather in the cap of Glenn Schumann both going in the third round.
Dean gets to reunite in Philadelphia with Eagles first round pick and Georgia teammate of his, Jordan Davis.
The first offensive players from Georgia were picked in the second round with George Pickens giving Steelers’ first round quarterback selection Kenny Pickett a pass catcher. Meanwhile, James Cook will look to follow in the NFL footsteps of his brother Dalvin with the Buffalo Bills.
Lewis Cine makes five Dawgs in the first
Georgia sets a new program mark
Four Dawgs in the first has to have Kirby smiling wide
A fourth Dawg selected to set the record
Another Dawg off the board! Quay Walker becomes the third
Gotta love a band shoutout
Recruits are taking notice
Jordan Davis becomes the second Dawg to go in the first round
The moment
Things are going well for the Dawgs
Kirby and Tray Scott shout out Travon Walker
Georgia ties record for No. 1 overall picks
Dawgs land first pick of the 2022 NFL Draft
Travon Walker became Georgia’s first number one overall selection in the Smart era.
Pre-Draft
The Georgia NFL Draft storylines to watch
Georgia puts a lot of football players in the NFL.
It hasn’t put a number-one overall pick in the league since Matthew Stafford in 2009.
Stafford narrated a slick hype video Thursday morning to get the Las Vegas party started.
Travon Walker received plenty of buzz heading into night one of the 2022 NFL Draft, but will original favorite Aidan Hutchinson go to Jacksonville instead?
Georgia football players set for D-Line Revival
Georgia hadn’t sent a first-round offensive lineman to the NFL since George Foster in 2003, when Isaiah Wynn broke the drought in 2018.
The Dawgs are currently on a longer drought since they sent a first-round defensive lineman to the league.
The 2022 NFL Draft will snap that drought – potentially three times over.
Just how many defensive linemen get picked – and where they go – is the story for Walker, Jordan Davis and Devonte Wyatt.
First-round Georgia football players, and beyond
Georgia football’s current record – as a program – for most players selected in the first round stands at three. The all-time record from any program is six.
Can the Dawgs produce four (or more) this year?
Meanwhile, the program record in a single draft is at nine, done last season. The all-time record for most players – in one draft, from one program – is 14 as of this article’s original publish date (April 28, 2022).
Georgia also has a chance to tie – if not a slight chance to surpass – that record in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Get excited, Dawgs fans
The 2021 football season party continues in moments like this.
Soak it in.
Check out our Dawg Walk Talk Podcast while you prepare for the avalanche of picks to come in.
See where we were right. See where we missed the mark. Hold us accountable for it.
It’s all gravy right now around these parts.
*** THIS STORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2022 NFL DRAFT ***
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