Twenty-five former Georgia high school football players have been invited to the NFL scouting combine to be held Feb. 26-March 4 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Georgia’s representation is tied for third-most with California and trails Florida (51) and Texas (31), according to NFL.com. Ohio is next with 20. There are 338 invitees overall.

Today, we’ll take a look at Georgia wide receiver Mecole Hardman:

Mecole Hardman, 5-11, 183, WR, Georgia, Elbert County. Caught 60 passes for 961 yards and 11 touchdowns over his career. He also had 13 rushes for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Hardman is a dangerous returner. He averaged 15.2 yards on 39 punt returns and 25 yards on 35 kickoff returns. Hardman has to improve his route-running at the next level.

Here are the other players with Georgia connections who have been invited to the combine:

LB -  Bryson Allen-Williams, South Carolina - Cedar Grove

CB -  Blace Brown, Troy - Cherokee 

DE -  Austin Bryant, Clemson - Thomas County Central 

OL -  Chuma Edoga, USC - McEachern 

QB -  Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State - Richmond Hill

WR - Terry Godwin, Georgia - Callaway 

OL -  Donnell Greene, Minnesota - Kell 

LB - Terez Hall, Missouri - M.L. King 

WR - Mecole Hardman, Georgia - Elbert County 

CB - Montre Hartage, Northwestern - Crisp County

RB - Elijah Holyfield, Georgia - Woodward Academy

OL - Mitch Hyatt, Clemson - North Gwinnett

DL - Darryl Johnson, North Carolina AT&T - Camden County

OL - Tyler Jones, N.C. State - Stephenson

LB - Tre Lamar, Clemson - Roswell

DE - Jonathan Ledbetter, Georgia - Tucker

WR - Jakobi Meyers, North Carolina State - Arabia Mountain

TE - Isaac Nauta, Georgia - Buford (graduated from IMG Academy, Florida)

DL - Dontavius Russell, Auburn - Carrollton

WR - Darius Slayton, Auburn - Greater Atlanta Christian

DE - Montez Sweat, Mississippi State - Stephenson

LB - D'Andre Walker, Georgia - Langston Hughes

DB - Ken Webster, Mississippi - Stockbridge

CB - Rock Ya-Sin, Temple - Southwest DeKalb

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