Kirby Smart has 14 first-round draft picks since taking over the Georgia Bulldogs back in 2016. If this weekend goes well for a few offensive players from Athens, then that number could grow to 17 come April.
Brock Bowers is sure-fire first-round draft selection this season, but has seen his stock regress a bit as the process gets under way. That drop in his stock has nothing to do with his ability on the football field -- he proved he was one of the best pure football players in college football over the last three seasons -- and more to do with the value of the position he plays.
"I haven't seen many college football players that are better than Brock Bowers," Steak said. "But there is a notion that you're gun-shy to take a tight end in the top-10, and Kyle Pitts didn't make people feel better about it."
The Georgia tight end prospect is in a bit of a weird spot, but he is still unlikely to see any serious drop outside of the top-10, much less the top-15.
Another top-end prospect is offensive tackle, Amarius Mims.
The former five-star mammoth of an offensive lineman was a force to be reckoned with in Athens. He helped pave the way for record setting Georgia offenses and his physical talents make him a first-round pick at the end of April.
The third offensive player that could find his way into the first-32 picks in the NFL Draft is wide receiver Ladd McConkey. The three-year starter dominated the Senior Bowl earlier this year after turning in one of the most consistent careers in Georgia football history. His elite route-running ability and strong hands have propelled him into consideration despite his rather diminutive 6-foot, 185-pound stature.
"[McConkey] was almost a walk-on and got the last scholarship on the team and now he's risen up to this status where he's compared with Cooper Kupp [or Antonio Brown]," Griffith said about McConkey. "You might say he's not a first-rounder but there's people saying that if he runs a 4.3 number, with what he did at the Senior Bowl, he could be a sneaky late-first-round pick for one of these elite teams."
McConkey has shown that he's capable of making defensive backs look silly and has a route tree that could play him up into the top of the upcoming draft.