In which we compile all of this week’s posts pertaining to former Bulldogs at this week’s NFL Scouting Combine
For those who can’t focus the ideal amount of attention to Georgia football news, I’ll compile some of this week’s posts pertaining to former Bulldogs at the NFL Scouting Combine:
Upon their respective departures from the University of Georgia, all three players received an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine. Both of Swift’s former teammates and current mentors were selected within the first two rounds of the 2018 NFL Draft.
He outran the footsteps he was hoping to follow. In terms of draft order, he can do it again.
Just as it’s been in the SEC East every year for the past three years, the Dawgs are on top of Florida.
At this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, the University of Georgia boasts two representatives at running back. The school’s football program is known for having a one or two decent players at the position.
Georgia’s main rival has one representative running back at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine, Lamical Perine. Perine ran a 40-yard dash in 4.65 seconds compared to Swift’s 4.49 and Herrien’s 4.62.
Two legendary Georgia pros have confidence Brian Herrien is capable of achieving a similar future, and because of them, Herrien is, too.
Brian Herrien was a last-second addition to Kirby Smart’s first recruiting class at the University of Georgia, a recruiting class half comprised of Mark Richt holdovers.
Due to issues with his grades early on in high school, Herrien was by no means a highly exposed recruit. Until he got his grades right and qualified for UGA, he was ranked by only one recruiting service and was listed as a very low three-star.
He arrived in Athens in June 2016 and made nearly immediate impact. His first touch as a Dawg was a 19 yard touchdown run late into Kirby Smart’s first game at the helm for his alma mater, sealing a win over North Carolina in the Georgia Dome (rest in pieces). He would go on to rush for 1,394 more yards and 12 more touchdowns without a single fumble in a four-year career.
Herrien, in an media appearance at this week’s NFL Combine, says that he has a number of teammates to thank for his success at Georgia.
According to Herrien, Nick Chubb had something he wanted to tell him at halftime of the 2018 Rose Bowl. It never came up, so weeks later Herrien sent a text message to Chubb, who was training prior to the NFL Combine.
Chubb remarked that he’d rather have told Herrien in person as opposed to over the phone, but Herrien describes the rest of the interaction.
“He was just telling me ‘go show them who you are. Tell them that you can be a starter and show them that you can be that guy. Me and Sony [Michel] was always telling you that.'”
As a young tailback behind two proven stars and future NFL Draft picks, the encouragement was monumental for Herrien.
“He was always encouraging me, always telling me that he could see it, that Sony could see it.”
He continued:
“It meant a lot because because he was an older guy and one who was [on the roster] before me.”
Herrien follows in his former teammates’ footsteps having received his invitation to the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine. Chubb and Michel performed strongly and were subsequently drafted in the first two rounds.
Two legendary Georgia pros have confidence Brian Herrien is capable of a similar future, and because of them, Herrien probably is, too.
NFL Combine measurement results for every Georgia football.
This week, a number of former Georgia players are in Indianapolis for the 2020 NFL Combine, where they will be partaking in measurements, on-field workouts, team interviews and medical examinations.
So far, every player minus J.R. Reed has gone through the measurement portion of the week, and we have all results listed for you below.
Here is this week’s schedule for Georgia’s 10 players in attendance.
(Note, Georgia has no players in group 3 — Just 1, 2 and 4.)
Group 1: (Fromm, Cager, Woerner)
Sunday, Feb. 23: Arrive in Indy, Registration, Orientation, Interviews
Monday, Feb. 24: Measurements, Pre-exam at hospital, Interviews
Tuesday, Feb. 25: Media session, Medical exams, Position coach interviews, Psychological testing
Sunday, March 1: Limited testing, On-field Workout
Monday, March 2: Departure from Indianapolis
Here are the measurement results from the nine players so far:
Jake Fromm
Jan 6, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm (11) speaks during media day at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Georgia’s Jake Fromm has received his 2020 NFL Combine measurements. Fromm’s hand size, which is under nine inches, is somewhat concerning. Nine inches is considered the minimum hand size for an NFL quarterback.
Here’s how both Jake Fromm and Washington Huskies QB Jacob Eason measured at the combine:
Ultimately, hand size doesn’t have much correlation with cold weather performance and fumbles, so it shouldn’t drop Fromm too far. That being said, Fromm doesn’t have the measurables of the other elite quarterbacks in the 2020 NFL Draft.
LSU’s Joe Burrow did have nine inch hands as well. He’ll still be the first pick of the NFL Draft. One-eighth of an inch shouldn’t make too much of a difference for UGA’s Jake Fromm.
The Georgia Bulldogs will be well represented at the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine.
The Georgia Bulldogs will be well represented at the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine.
Ten Dawg lettermen will attempt to turn the heads of NFL scouts and coaches across a series of drills and exercises, all conducted between February 27 and March 2 in Indianapolis.
Today, the NFL released a list of all 337 players invited. Representing the Silver Britches will be (in alphabetical order):
Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship
Wide receiver Lawrence Cager
Quarterback Jake Fromm
Running back Brian Herrien
Offensive lineman Solomon Kindley
Safety JR Reed
Running back D’Andre Swift
Offensive lineman Andrew Thomas
Tight end Charlie Woerner
Offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson
With several surprising early draft declarations, Georgia is ranked among the top three in number of prospects invited per school.
The only school that matches Georgia’s number of participants is Alabama and the only school with more participants than both is LSU.
Good luck to every Dawg at the Combine. The Bulldog Nation is rooting for you.
