The University of Georgia’s football program has long been known for its development of tailbacks and consequently stakes among the strongest claims to the title of RBU, or running back university. Ten tailbacks in the past 20 NFL Drafts have seen professional action by way of Athens, Georgia.
(Interesting piece of trivia: 34 Georgia running backs have been selected in the draft. That number looks a bit familiar when discussing Bulldog tailbacks.)
However, the Dawgs dominate at a different position at the NFL Draft, sending 20 linebackers to the National Football League, more than any other school can claim across the same span of time.
Linebacker U? Most LB’s drafted since 2000:
20 – Georgia
19 – Ohio State
18 – Alabama
18 – USC
16 – Florida State
15 – Florida
15 – Oklahoma
14 – Miami
12 – Michigan
12 – Tennessee
12 – Washington
12 – Wisconsin— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) February 21, 2020
To put that number in perspective, only 14 Bulldog linebackers had been drafted prior to the year 2000.
(Which brings us to more happenstance trivia: that equates the total of tailbacks drafted from Georgia.)
Is it possible for one school to be both LBU and RBU? It is, because apparently the University of Georgia is, at least in the BCS and playoff eras.
It might have something to do with two incredibly talented position groups running into, over, but ultimately with each other across twenty years’ worth of practices.
Iron sharpens iron, et cetera, et cetera.