The Georgia football program dominated the 2022 NFL Combine. The Bulldogs sent more players to the combine than any other school, 14, and most of those players helped demonstrate why Georgia was able to win a National Championship last season.
Those invitees will now become draft picks. But with all that talent off to the NFL, it leaves Kirby Smart and his coaching staff with a number of holes to fill. Roster churn is nothing new for college football programs and Georgia is about as well-positioned as any program can be in terms of handling this exodus of talent.
Georgia has signed a top-5 recruiting class in each of the last five recruiting cycles, with Alabama being the only other program that can say as much. The Bulldogs bring back some key members from the 2021 team, such as quarterback Stetson Bennett, tight end Brock Bowers and defensive back Kelee Ringo.
But many of the replacements for these combine stars will go from small roles to playing leading parts. That’s the way the Georgia program works, with the likes of James Cook, Travon Walker and Channing Tindall all at one point being bit players before emerging into major contributors.
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