Thursday night, the Tennessee Titans picked Georgia OT Isaiah Wilson with the 29th pick in this year’s NFL draft.
Wilson is declared for the draft as only a red-shirt sophomore. Yes, he is young, but at 6-foot-7 340 pounds, he has the strength and quickness to contribute to any NFL offensive line and could be an All-Pro tackle given the time.
Wilson, a former 5-star recruit from Brooklyn, New York, red-shirted his first year at Georgia and then burst onto the scene in 2018 and was named to both the Football Writers Assn. of America Freshman All-America Team and 2018 Coaches Freshman All-SEC Team. Injuries bothered Wilson in 2019, but he still earned Associated Press All-SEC 2nd Team honors.
Welcome to the family Isaiah Wilson (@_LayZay_) pic.twitter.com/uyWEOsKSeU
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) April 24, 2020
NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. wrote:
“So, I think if you get him in the second round, then you’ve got yourself a player that you think has a bright future. If he’s brought along at a nice pace and coached up, there’s a lot of talent to work with there.”
Something that Titans fans should note is that Wilson is not only a young, talented player, he is also a good teammate.
Wilson said:
“My teammates, they’re brothers to me, they’re not just teammates, It was tough to decide I was going to forego my last year. It was tough knowing I’d be leaving my teammates behind. That made this decision definitely tough for me. But ultimately, I decided I was just ready to go to work, and to start trying to attack the next level of my life.”