ATHENS — Georgia football continued to cash in on player development like no other program via the 2024 NFL Draft.
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3 stars and 4 stars that go high in the draft at UGA. Huge mistake to leave the program. What's more, a lot of these guys didn't get 20 snaps a game. They are really prepared for NFL play, and their bodies aren't destroyed. If they get another year or two in the NFL, that's millions more. You recruits need to think about that when someone tells you how you can play more at their university.
Yep, Georgia has found its winning formula and typically it's not the guys who have been recruited since Middle School. Those players have too big of an ego and are too overconfident in their skills to understand what Georgia is providing. Georgia does well with the underrated players that have a big ole chip on their shoulder and are willing to do whatever is necessary to become better and stronger. Even during the Mark Richt era, this was still true (even if a bit misguided). Richt was unwilling to build a strategy and playbook around them and instead insisted that they do it the "right way". There are MANY schools that are willing to build an entire program around what a 5 star player might want/need and while this might be great for the program in the short term and give the player great stats, you are doing them a disservice in the long run.
The Georgia Training program is often considered more intense than NFL programs and the playbooks are clearly advanced. This means that the players that succeed here ARE READY for the NFL and I think NFL teams are starting to take notice with many of the Georgia players being drafted higher than expected. Pure talent only gets you so far - you need to refine it and improve it to play with and against the best. Congrats to all Georgia after this draft. You will all succeed in the NFL.
