Cornerback Damian Swann (5) had thoughts of looking to the NFL as the 2013 season approached but wound up feeling he needed another year at Georgia.ATHENS, Ga. – Junior cornerback Damian Swann began this season as a second-team All-SEC projection by the league’s coaches and media, and he was Georgia’s most likely underclassman to consider forgoing his senior season for the 2014 NFL draft.
Swann said Monday that he didn’t even request information from the NFL’s draft advisory board.
“I don’t think I was as successful as I was last year,” he said. “I don’t think I put the stats together to even make that decision to come out. I want to be one of those first-two-round guys, and to do that you’ve got to put it on tape.”
Swann has 56 tackles and eight pass breakups entering the Gator Bowl matchup against Nebraska on New Year’s Day. Last season, the 5-foot-11, 178-pounder from Atlanta totaled 53 tackles, five breakups, four interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Two of Swann’s four interceptions last season came against the Cornhuskers in the Capital One Bowl.