Earlier this week, UGASports had part one of the Stats Crunch – NFL Draft edition which mostly dealt with the Dawg defenders. Part two deals more of the offensive players as well as special teams. Six offensive players were taken this year. The only other time there were six Georgia offensive players in the draft was 1977 (only counting years where offensive and defensive positions were specialized). Coincidently in 1977, Georgia had a special teams player drafted as well. Besides that, there were a lot of differences in the two drafts.

George Pickens became the fourth Georgia wide receiver to be taken by the Steelers when they selected him in the second round. All four of these Dawgs were among the very best to play that position for the red and black.

Pickens was selected the earliest of those four, but where does he rank compared to all Bulldog wide receivers to be drafted? Some of these players may surprise you.

Running back James Cook was also selected in the second round of the NFL Draft and it not uncommon to see Bulldog running backs taken especially in recent years.

In recent seasons, it seems like the Dawgs have been loading up on high quality tight ends. Check out this stat that the football team itself dug up this week -

But having Bulldog tight ends drafted is nothing new to Georgia. Check out this list dating back to 1980.

Georgia has three already this decade and they should have some more by just looking at the current team roster.

Speaking of lists dating back to 1980… This draft was the eighth since 1980 that Georgia had at least two offensive linemen taken in one draft.

Justin Shaffer was selected 190th overall by the Falcons. Thanks to Massachusetts Dawg on the DawgVent for pointing out that this was the third straight draft that a Bulldog was taken 190th overall. It was Charlie Woerner in 2020 and Trey Hill in 2021. The only other time a Georgia player was drafted 190th overall was in 2007 when Ken Shackleford was taken by the Rams.

Yes, a special teams’ player for the Dawgs was taken in the draft. It happens every now-and-then, but this time it was a punter. Georgia has only had one previous (solely) punter taken in the draft. By looking at this chart, it seems like the fourth round is the best time to pick one up.

Anthony Dasher mentioned this week that when Jake Camarda was drafted by the Buccaneers that it marked the first time since 2002 that a Dawg was taken by Tampa Bay. That was the longest drought by any current team in the NFL without picking a Bulldog. The Raiders also ended their drought when picking Zamir White. That was the first Raider since 2007, but the first as a Las Vegas Raider. The next longest drought was a pair of teams. One ended it and one still has it going. The Cowboys still have not drafted a Bulldog since 2011 when Shaun Chapas was taken. The team that did not select a Bulldog since 2011, but this year – was the Atlanta Falcons.

Not only did the Falcons take one Dawg, they took two. Here is a breakdown on the times the Falcons have selected Georgia Bulldogs by decade (one of the picks wasn’t even a football player).