Thirty-two players with Georgia connections (26 from Georgia high schools, six from Georgia colleges) have been invited to the NFL scouting combine, which will be held Feb. 23-March 2 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The number is up from the 25 players who were invited in 2019.
Georgia has 10 players invited. In 2018, they had 12 led by Nick Chubb and Sony Michel.
In 2016, a total of 26 players with Georgia ties competed at the combine. In 2015, there were 37. In 2014, 23 players and in 2013, 29 and in 2012, there were 26.
There also were more than 30 players (31) in 2011.
Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas, a potential top-10 NFL draft pick, heads the list of former Bulldogs on the list of 337 players who have been invited.
The first on-field drills will start Feb. 27.
Today, we’ll look at Liberty wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden:
Antonio Gandy-Golden, 6-4, 220, WR, Paulding County HS, Liberty: He was highly productive at Liberty. Last season he caught 79 catches for 1,396 yards, which ranked in the top five in the nation) and 10 touchdowns over 13 starts. His 17.7 yards per reception ranked in the top 10 in the FBS among receivers with 60 or more catches. As a junior, he caught 71 passes for 1,037 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. Gandy-Golden terrorized defensive backs in the Big South as a sophomore as he made 69 receptions for 1,066 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was under-recruited coming out of high school as a late-bloomer. "Recruiting was kind of slow in the beginning," Gandy-Golden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It started picking up towards my junior year, toward the end of my junior season. My first offer was from Mercer. Then, throughout the year, I got a couple of more offers, and then it really started picking up my senior year."
Here are the other players with Georgia connections who have been invited to the combine:
Player, Pos., High school, college
Tremayne Anchrum, OL, McEachern HS, Clemson
Tyler Bass, PK, Dutch Fork (S.C.), Georgia Southern
Essang Bassey, DB, Columbus HS, Wake Forest
Rodrigo Blankenship, K, Sprayberry HS, Georgia
Derrick Brown, DT, Lanier HS, Auburn
Harrison Bryant, TE, John Milledge Academy, Florida Atlantic
Lawrence Cager, WR, Calvert Hall (Md.), Georgia
Marquez Callaway, WR, Warner Robins HS, Tennessee
Quintez Cephus, WR, Stratford Academy, Wisconsin
Josiah Coatney, DL, Chapel Hill HS, Mississippi
DeeJay Dallas, RB, Glynn Academy, Miami
Kyle Dugger, DB, Whitewater HS, Lenoir-Rhyne
Blake Ferguson, LS, Buford HS, LSU
Jake Fromm, QB, Houston County HS, Georgia
Antonio Gandy-Golden, WR, Paulding County HS, Liberty
Antonio Gibson, WR, Eagle's Landing HS, Memphis
Jonathan Greenard, DL, Hiram HS, Florida
Brian Herrien, RB, New Manchester HS, Georgia
Solomon Kindley, OL, Raines (Fla.), Georgia
Jordan Mack, LB, Wesleyan School, Virginia
Xavier McKinney, DB, Roswell HS, Alabama
Jared Pinkney, TE, Norcross HS, Vanderbilt
J.R. Reed, DB, Prestonwood Christian (Texas), Georgia
Chauncey Rivers, DL, Stephenson HS, Mississippi State
D'Andre Swift, RB, St. Joseph's Prep (Pa.), Georgia
A.J. Terrell, DB, Westlake HS, Clemson
Andrew Thomas, OL, Pace Academy, Georgia
Kindle Vildor, DB, North Clayton HS, Georgia Southern
Isaiah Wilson, OL, Poly Prep Country Day (N.Y), Georgia
Charlie Woerner, TE, Rabun County HS, Georgia
D.J. Wonnum, DL, Stephenson HS, South Carolina
Jabari Zuniga, DL, Sprayberry HS, Florida
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