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Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Lewis Cine shares his mindset: ‘I just want to stack bodies’

There wasn’t a bigger hitter on Georgia’s ’21 defense than Lewis Cine…

Every once in awhile a defensive player comes along that is known as a ‘headhunter’. A player who takes pride in the physicality aspect of the game.

There is no question who that player has been for the last few season in Athens. Safety Lewis Cine, a Minnesota Viking first-round pick this spring, was that player for Georgia.

At just 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, Cine always seemed to hit like a guy twice his size.

The All-SEC First Team selection is keeping this same mindset in Minnesota.

‘My head is I just want to stack bodies.’

A semifinalist for the 2021 Jim Thorpe Award, Cine finished the 2021 season as the Bulldogs’ leading tackler with 73 total stops and also had a team-high nine pass breakups and was named Defensive MVP of the CFP Championship Game.

 

Georgia S Lewis Cine selected with last first round pick in 2022 NFL Draft

Lewis Cine closes it out! Georgia extends the program record for first round picks with 5

Georgia safety Lewis Cine has been selected as the No. 32 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, the last pick of the first round.

That extends the UGA record for picks in the first round with five.

Cine was the unquestioned leader of the Bulldogs secondary that squashed opponents as one of the best defensive units in the country.

In 2021, the Texas native racked up a team-leading 73 stops, team-high nine pass breakups and won the Defensive MVP of the national title game.