Kirby Smart returned to Georgia as head coach selling dreams of national championships and soaring NFL Draft stock to recruits.
Six years later, Smart’s UGA football program has made that a reality, a fact that will be accentuated in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft on Thursday night.
“Our job is to develop them and make sure they’re better people when they leave,” Smart said. “I think each one of these kids will tell you they’re more successful because of the work ethic they were able to achieve here.”
The draft runs Thursday though Saturday (Rounds 2-3 will be Friday night) in Las Vegas.
The CFP Champion Bulldogs could break their program record of players selected in the first round (3) with as many as five players projected in the first round.
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