NFL Network expert projects 5 Georgia players in Top 40 of 2023 NFL Draft

MOBILE, Ala. — Georgia received’t match final yr’s record-breaking NFL Draft with 5 first-round picks or 15 gamers chosen.

However these 2022 Bulldogs, which managed to one-up the 2021 group by profitable the SEC Championship and going 15-0, determine to point out particularly effectively.

Daniel Jeremiah, from the NFL Community, has 5 Georgia gamers ranked amongst his prime 40:

• No. 1 Jalen Carter

“Carter is a extremely disruptive participant with the flexibility to line up at any place alongside the defensive entrance,” per Jeremiah. “Towards the run, he’s agency and powerful on the level of assault and has the vary to make performs on the perimeter.

• No. 15 Broderick Jones

“Jones is a thick, muscular left deal with with ultimate size and energy,” per Jeremiah. “Total, Jones received higher each week. I really feel like his finest soccer is forward of him.”

• No. 17 Darnell Washington

“Washington is a large bodily specimen with excellent play power and toughness,” Jeremiah stated. “Total, Washington has super worth as a result of he features as a sixth offensive lineman within the run recreation and he’s a transferring billboard within the passing recreation.”

• No. 19 Nolan Smith

“Smith is an undersized edge rusher with elite change of course and burst,” Jeremiah wrote. “He’s a really free and twitched-up athlete. When he will get upfield, he can put his outdoors foot within the floor and explode again inside to defeat blocks.

“Towards the run, he’s at his finest when he makes use of his quickness to slide blocks and penetrate.”

• No. 40 Kelee Ringo

“Ringo is a tall, thick cornerback prospect with excellent straight-line pace,” Jeremiah penned. “Total, Ringo is a piece in progress. His success will depend upon what he’s requested to do on the subsequent stage.”

Evaluating the 2022 group’s draft class to final yr’s

There have been 5 picks within the prime 32 final yr, after which George Pickens was chosen No. 52 general within the second spherical and James Cook dinner was picked No. 63 general within the second spherical.

This years’s group options security Christopher Smith and tailback Kenny McIntosh as potential second spherical picks, relying on their NFL mix showings.

Offensive deal with Warren McClendon and kicker Jack Podlesny participated within the Senior Bowl and have been projected as draft picks.

UGA linebacker Robert Beal and Kearis Jackson have been on the Shrine Bowl and are additionally NFL Draft prospects, as is quarterback Stetson Bennett.