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No Jackets selected in NFL draft

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April 28, 2018

The NFL draft ran its 256-pick course without any former Georgia Tech players being selected. The draft ended Saturday evening, leaving Tech’s NFL hopefuls to try to sign with teams as undrafted free agents.

Among them were wide receiver Ricky Jeune and defensive ends Antonio Simmons and KeShun Freeman. The undrafted free agent route has been fruitful for a number of Jackets players in recent history, including defensive backs Isaiah Johnson, Chris Milton and Rod Sweeting, all of whom made NFL rosters after going undrafted.

It is the second time in coach Paul Johnson’s tenure and the fourth time since 2000 that no Tech players were selected. The most recent occurrence was 2013.

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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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