The Georgia Bulldogs have the most players (14) representing their school at this year's NFL Combine being held this week in Indianapolis.
Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Network draft analyst, has four Dawgs projected to be taken in the first round: edge rusher Travon Walker (No. 5 overall), defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (No 16 overall), linebacker Nakobe Dean (No. 24 overall) and defensive tackle Jordan Davis (No. 32 overall).
Jeremiah joined The Midday Show on Wednesday live from the Combine to praise the Georgia players he's covering for the NFL Network. He specifically called out Dean and compared him to a former Saints linebacker.
"Nakobe Dean is one of my favorite players in this whole draft," Jeremiah told Andy and Randy. "He, to me, is the toughest one to kind of slide in with a team.
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"When you look at the league trend, everybody's trying to find the taller, longer, kind of rangier off-the-ball linebackers. If you think about the Fred Warner's, the Darius Leonard's--that's kind of where the league has trended.
"Here you've got this guy Nakobe Dean who's not real big, he's not real long but I don't care. He's just too good of a football player. He reminds me so much of (former Saints linebacker) Jonathan Vilma when I was a young scout and he was coming out of Miami. I think this guy's a stud."
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Despite that, Jeremiah said he wouldn't be shocked if Dean slid down in the first round because of the concern about his size.