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‘I’m Not The Guy They Said I Was’: George Pickens Believes Rookie Season Proved Pre-Draft Concerns Wrong

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It didn’t take long after former Georgia wide receiver George Pickens was drafted in the second round last year before people were questioning why he wasn’t drafted earlier. This was before he ever put on an NFL jersey, but the re-evaluations only intensified once he got onto practice fields and then started making highlight-reel catches on a weekly basis inside stadiums.

How was it, exactly, that he ended up falling to the second round, again? Of course, he was healing from a torn ACL still, but there were also some concerns, at least in some circles, about his character and his maturity.