The NFL draft kicks off this evening live from Philadelphia with very little anticipated Georgia Bulldog involvement. Isaiah McKenzie is the most likely first ‘Dawg off the board. But it is unlikely that we will hear his name called until at least the third round unless a team decides to take a flyer on the little guy’s outsided athleticism.
It's tempting to look at the lack of UGA players tabbed to go early in the draft and say “that's what happens when you only have enough talent to go 8-5.” But the flipside of that argument is that had Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Davin Bellamy, Lorenzo Carter, and Dominick Sanders not chosen to come back for their senior seasons, Georgia might very well have had several players with first or second round potential.