INDIANAPOLIS – Jordan Davis said that despite all the star power boasted by the Georgia Bulldogs last season, they wanted to be considered a “no-name defense.”
In that regard then, college football’s reigning national champions failed miserably.
Eight members of that domineering defense are at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, and at least half of them are expected to hear their names called in the first round of the NFL draft next month in Las Vegas. That quartet is made up of Davis and fellow tackle Devonte Wyatt, edge rusher Travon Walker and linebacker Nakobe Dean – and linebacker Quay Walker could sneak into the first round with a good combine showing.
Altogether, there are 14 former Georgia players at the NFL’s annual gathering of top prospects – the most at this year’s combine, which started Tuesday and finishes Monday. Such are the spoils of knocking off Alabama (which has 11 players in Indianapolis) as the top dog in college football.
“We’re going to have a great combine,” Davis said. “I’m confident in all of us.”