The 2017 Georgia Football team is going to be sending plenty of its stars to the NFL and one of them is RB Nick Chubb.
What a difference a year makes! In 2017, Georgia went into the NFL draft with only one prospect who had a shot at being drafted. Just a year later, there’s a chance that UGA could end up seeing a record number of players drafted in a single year. I wouldn’t put it past the Dawgs to go in to double digits this class if a few things break their way.
All of this means that there is plenty for Dawg fans to get excited about. A lot of their former favorites are about to start their new careers. So to celebrate, we’re going to do a breakdown of each player who could end up getting drafted.
Much like the real draft, we’re going to be starting at the top of the class and working our way down. Today, we’re looking at one of the best running backs UGA has ever seen, Nick Chubb.
How good was he in Athens?
With a player like Chubb, this section is almost unnecessary. If you don’t know what his achievements were in Athens, you probably are not a UGA fan. But I’ll put them out there anyway. Chubb deserves to be remembered just as much as all of the other players that are getting drafted.
In his four years at Georgia, Chubb became the second most prolific runner in the history of the SEC behind only the great Hershel Walker. Chubb accumulated 4769 yards and 44 touchdowns during his time in Athens. He likely would have achieved even more if he hadn’t suffered a devastating knee injury against Tennessee in 2015.
Chubb and Sony Michel will forever be remembered at UGA for staying for their senior year. He was one of the leaders who embraced the new Kirby Smart era and turned around the Georgia program. His decision to return saw him finally win the SEC as well as play for the national championship.
Nick Chubb is one of those players that will go down in history in Athens. UGA has and will continue to produce lots of great running backs, but Chubb was special. Even by the standards that Georgia sets, he’s someone all of us will remember. It’s going to be a long time before I can accept seeing someone else wearing the number 27 jersey that he made his own.