Every Georgia Bulldog who could play themselves into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft

In 2022, Georgia broke the record for the most selections in an NFL draft from a single school with 15 players. That year, coming off the first of his two national championships, Kirby Smart didn’t just send 15 players into the NFL draft, but he had five Bulldogs selected in the first round, Travon Walker, who went No. 1 overall, Jordan Davis, Quay Walker, Devonte Wyatt, and Lewis Cine. 

Now, the 2024 team has two players who will be in the running for the first overall selection of the 2025 NFL Draft, and 16 draft-eligible players that ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid expects to hear their names called in April. 

So, let’s take a look at the Bulldogs roster and every player who could play themselves into the first round with a big year in 2024. 

The locks: 

Based on his lone season as a starter, Carson Beck likely could have been a first-round NFL draft pick in 2024, with his prototypical size for the position and impressive accuracy. If he plays to the expectations placed on him in 2024, then he’ll likely be the first overall selection in 2025, but even if he regresses slightly, because of the value of the quarterback position, he won’t slip beyond pick 32. 

With his physical tools alone, Williams is going to be a first-round pick. However, if he can use those tools to produce at a high level this season, then he’ll be in the conversation with Beck at No. 1 overall. 

Probable late first-rounder: 

Starks is likely the best safety in the country, but the position has been devalued by the NFL in recent years. Though, his versatility as a slot defender and true over-the-top safety will keep him in the first round. Starks will be the leader of a very young secondary in 2024 and if Georgia has an upper-echelon pass defense this year, Starks will deserve a ton of that credit. 

Potential first-round risers: 

As a redshirt freshman, Greene played 846 snaps at left tackle and only allowed 14 pressures all year. He doesn’t have the monstrous size of Amarius Mims who was a first-rounder in the 2024 draft, or even of his counterpart at right tackle, but Greene could be one of the best offensive linemen in the SEC. If he holds his own in key matchups against Texas’s Trey Moore and Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. then he’ll play his way into a top-32 selection. 

Truss was in a difficult spot in 2023, starting the year at left guard while Mims was healthy and then taking over at right tackle in Week 3 against South Carolina. He had a questionable start and struggled against Georgia Tech and Alabama to end the season, but at 6-foot-7, if he can prove to be reliable this year, NFL teams will be tantalized by his potential. 

As an inside linebacker, Walker has no shot of going in Round 1, but if Smart moves Walker to edge rusher for a significant portion of his snaps in 2024, then he could shoot up draft boards. Though he’s undersized for the role, Walker led the team with 26 pressures last season on just 124 pass-rushing snaps. 

Despite having elite passing defenses, Georgia hasn’t put a defensive back in the first round of the NFL draft since Lewis Cine in 2022. Sure, that’s not too long ago, but even last season Kamari Lassiter and Javon Bullard both fell into Round 2. Everette could have a tough time playing his way into the first round, but last season he allowed just 29 catches on 54 targets as a true sophomore and will be the clear CB1 this season.