The Georgia Bulldogs set an NFL draft record with 15 players selected in this year’s draft before Round 7 even starts on Saturday. The Los Angeles Rams selected Derion Kendrick from the corner with the 212nd option and the Atlanta Falcons selected John FitzPatrick with the number 213 to achieve the feat. It marks the most selections ever made by a single school, passing LSU, which had 14 players selected in 2020, and Ohio State, which had 14 players selected in 2004. Marc Weiszer @marcweiszer This is. Georgia set the NFL Draft record with 15 selections after Derion Kendrick and John Fitzpatrick met in the sixth round pic.twitter. com / 1udGMcWtci Georgia also set a record with five defenders selected on Thursday. They are the most defensive players selected in the first round by a school since 1967. The series with the Georgia players started when Jacksonville Jaguar was on the clock with the first overall choice. Jacksonville chose Travon Walker’s defensive end. Defending tackle Jordan Davis was the Bulldogs’ next off-board defender when the Philadelphia Eagles selected him 13th overall. The Green Bay Packers then selected quarterback defender Kwai Walker 22nd overall and also defensive tackle Devode Wyatt 28th overall. The Minnesota Vikings completed the first round by selecting the Lewis Cine safety 32nd overall. The following is a list of Georgia’s other options and where they ended up:
George Pickens (WR): 52nd overall, Pittsburgh Steelers James Cook (RB): 63rd overall, Buffalo Bills Nakobe Dean (ILB): 83rd overall, Philadelphia Eagles Channing Tindall (ILB): 102nd overall, Miami Dolphins Zamir White (RB): 122nd overall, Las Vegas Raiders Jake Camarda (W): 133rd overall, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Justin Shaffer (OG): 190th overall, Atlanta Falcons Jamaree Salyer (OG): 195th overall, Los Angeles Chargers
Georgia coach Kirby Smart said before the draft in February that he did not think he would have selected 15 of his players this year, telling reporters it was “unrealistic”.
