NFL combine invitee: Rock Ya-Sin, DB, Temple (Southwest DeKalb)
Twenty-five former Georgia high school football players have been 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 Temple defensive back Rock Ya-Sin:
Rock Ya-Sin, 6-2, 190 Temple, Southwest DeKalb. Started his career at Presbyterian. When the school stopped being a scholarship program, Ya-Sin was looking for a college and Temple coach Geoff Collins signed him after Presbyterian's running backs coach Mitch Hall, who played under Collins at Western Carolina, got him to look at Ya-Sin's tape. He was awarded a coveted single-digit jersey in the summer. Temple awards single-digits to the nine toughest players on the team. He finished 12 passes breakups. He recorded a career-high 10 tackles against Tulsa and had an interception make the top play on SportsCenter.
Here are the other players with Georgia connections who have been invited to the combine:
DE - Austin Bryant, Clemson - Thomas County Central
OL - Chuma Edoga, USC - McEachern
QB - Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State - Richmond Hill
LB - Terez Hall, Missouri - M.L. King
WR - Mecole Hardman, Georgia - Elbert County
CB - Montre Hartage, Northwestern - Crisp County
DL - Darryl Johnson, North Carolina AT&T - Camden County
OL - Tyler Jones, N.C. State - Stephenson
LB - Tre Lamar, Clemson - Roswell
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
DB - Ken Webster, Mississippi - Stockbridge
CB - Rock Ya-Sin, Temple - Southwest DeKalb
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
