Twenty-five former Georgia high school football players were invited to the NFL scouting combine to be held Tuesday through Monday 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 Mississippi State defensive end Montez Sweat:
Montez Sweat, 6-6, 241, DE, Mississippi State, Stephenson. The speed rushing defensive end is expected to be the first player from Georgia selected in the draft. ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper has projected that he'll go fifth overall to Tampa Bay. He started his career at Michigan State before he transferred to a junior college and resurfaced at Mississippi State. "Montez Sweat is a pass-rusher," Kiper said. "He showed that early on. In fact, when we got into early October, I had Sweat as the eighth best player on the big board. Then he got kind of quiet. Then he came through with a couple of sacks late in the season. Then he had the really good Senior Bowl week. He's got the length. He's got the explosiveness. That's why I moved him up to that spot."
Credit: KENT D. JOHNSON/AJC
Credit: KENT D. JOHNSON/AJC
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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