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Report: Multiple NFL teams interested in former UGA DT Geno Atkins

Per Ian Rapoport, multiple NFL teams are interested in former Georgis football defensive tackle Geno Atkins.

Eight-time Pro Bowl selection Geno Atkins is currently a free agent, and it’s hard to believe that he has not yet been picked up by an NFL team looking for a veteran stud on the defensive line.

Coming off a torn rotator cuff that required surgery in January, the Bengals released Atkins on March 19. He has since remained a free agent.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Dr. Dan Cooper, the Cowboys’ team physician, is scheduled to meet with Atkins in a few weeks. Atkins is expected to be ready to go in July.

“Multiple teams remain interested,” Rapoport adds. “He’ll be deliberate.”

Atkin, 32, was named first-team All-Pro twice, second-team All-Pro once and appeared in eight Pro Bowls while being named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.

At Georgia (2006-2009), Atkins earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2007 and second-team All-SEC honors in 2009.

Report: Multiple NFL teams interested in former UGA DT Geno Atkins

Per Ian Rapoport, multiple NFL teams are interested in former Georgis football defensive tackle Geno Atkins.

Eight-time Pro Bowl selection Geno Atkins is currently a free agent, and it’s hard to believe that he has not yet been picked up by an NFL team looking for a veteran stud on the defensive line.

Coming off a torn rotator cuff that required surgery in January, the Bengals released Atkins on March 19. He has since remained a free agent.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Dr. Dan Cooper, the Cowboys’ team physician, is scheduled to meet with Atkins in a few weeks. Atkins is expected to be ready to go in July.

“Multiple teams remain interested,” Rapoport adds. “He’ll be deliberate.”

Atkin, 32, was named first-team All-Pro twice, second-team All-Pro once and appeared in eight Pro Bowls while being named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.

At Georgia (2006-2009), Atkins earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2007 and second-team All-SEC honors in 2009.

Potential landing spots for former Georgia DT Geno Atkins in NFL free agency

Former Georgia defensive tackle Geno Atkins is looking for a new home after the Cincinnati Bengals waived the 11-year veteran on Friday.

The Cincinnati Bengals released former Georgia football defensive tackle Geno Atkins on Friday. Atkins spent 11 years with the Bengals and will be regarded as one of the best players in franchise history.

Atkins helped change the way interior defensive lineman rushed the passer. He has posted 76 sacks since 2010 and according to Pro Football Focus, leads the NFL in quarterback pressures among defensive tackles since 2010.

 

Atkins also made three first team All-Pros, made eight Pro Bowls, and was named to the 2010s All-Decade Team.

Now, the 32 year old is on the free agent market for the first time in his career. Where will he land?

Here are three possible destinations for the former Dawg.

UGA great Geno Atkins leads all NFL DT in this stat category

Check out this stat by Pro Football Focus on former Georgia Bulldog Geno Atkins. Details here.

Former Georgia Bulldog Geno Atkins has long been one of the top defensive tackles in the NFL. He was named to the 2010’s All-Decade Team, despite being an undervalued fourth round pick out of Georgia.

Atkins measured at six-foot-one, 293 pounds at the 2010 NFL Combine, significantly smaller than the prototypical NFL defensive tackle, but his size, or lack there of, has not mattered one bit.

Pro Football Focus recently released their list of defensive tackles with the highest amount of quarterback pressures since 2010 and, no it’s not three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Aaron Donald.

Granted, Donald was drafted by the Rams in 2014, so Atkins has about a four-year head start, but regardless, Atkins has proved to be one of the best interior defensive lineman in this generation and looks to be on track for Canton one day.

Don’t forget the 8-time Pro Bowl selection got his start in Athens where he earned First-Team All-SEC honors in 2007 and Second-Team All-SEC honors in 2009.

Now, Atkins enters his 12th season for the Cincinnati Bengals in the third-year of a four-year, $65 million contract extension that he signed back in 2018.

Check out what Atkin’s opponents had to say about the two-time First Team All-Pro in this NFL Top 100 Players feature (2019):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isTi_molMVA

 

 

Three Georgia Bulldogs in PFF’s All-Decade Top 101

Three former Georgia Bulldog greats have made PFF’s All-Decade Top 101: Bengals receiver AJ Green, Bengals DT Geno Atkins and Justin Houston

Three former Georgia Bulldog greats have made PFF’s All-Decade Top 101. The 2010s were a solid decade for Georgia football. UGA fans will hope the 2020s will offer more NFL superstars and the long-awaited national championship.

Outside linebacker Justin Houston comes 46th on PFF’s list of top players of the decade. Houston has spent most of his career in Kansas City. He almost broke the NFL sack record in 2014, when he recorded 22.0 sacks.

Houston is now with the Indianapolis Colts and continues to make an impact.

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Justin Houston reacts after tackling Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

AJ Green, arguably the best receiver in Georgia history, comes 38th on the list. Green has missed some time due to injuries, but could be even higher. He’s among the NFL’s  best wide receivers for the decade.

Green caught 602 passes for 8,907 yards and 63 touchdowns during the decade. He played every season for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Sep 13, 2018; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green scores a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens. Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

The top Georgia Bulldog of the decade is Geno Atkins according to PFF. With 75.5 sacks in the 2010s, Atkins is one of the best pass rushing defensive tackles in the decade.

PFF grades the Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle behind only J.J. Watt and Aaron Donald along the defensive interior. Atkins still has gas left in the tank for this decade.

Sep 30, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins sacks Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

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