re: 2017 RMD: In The Books!

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QB Shawn Robinson TCU 8
RB Cordarrian Richardson UCF 7
RB Chuba Hubbard Okla St. 12
WR Omar Manning TCU 10
WR Evidence Njoku Miami U 19
TE Kemari Averett Louisville 22
OL Chuck Filiaga Michigan 6
OL Ryan Nelson Virginia 20
OL Matt Sichterman Nebraska 21
OL K'Rojhn Calbert Tennessee 18
OL Caleb Chandler Louisville 15


DE Chase Young tOSU 1
DT Dalyn Wade-Perry Stanford 13
DE Luiji Vilain Michigan 3
OLB Marquise Blair Utah 16
ILB Sampson Niu Oregon 11
OLB Walter Grant Georgia 9
NK Eric Stokes Georgia 17
CB Elijah Blades Nebraska 5
S Richard LeCounte Georgia 2
S Robert Barnes Oklahoma 4
CB LeAnthony Williams Clemson 14

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Big-10 - 5
ACC - 5
SEC - 4
Big-12 - 4
Pac-12 - 3
Other - 1

I'm not going to proclaim my draft class DBU, but damn... I'm pretty ecstatic with my haul there. I also invested early picks... there were certainly some real value safeties in particular much later... good on you who grabbed them.

I'm pretty pleased with my base 3-3-5, which could easily be flexed to a 4-2-5 (Walter Grant has played OLB/ILB/DE all at high levels, and likely will get moved around similarly at UGA). I tried to draft defense with high versatility. Stokes is another guy that I'm maybe a little less confident in as a DB prospect at UGA given who's been brought in, but he very likely will see significant time in the return game as well.

My OL is obviously a low investment for me, but I'm of the mind that it's one of the most difficult positions to predict, so I just don't give the ratings a ton of credit short of "guaranteed tackle" type prospects (See: Filiaga - at worst a RT, with LT upside).

Very happy with my skill position guys at WR/RB/TE... all explosive athletes with solid physical measurables as well.

Was surprised I was as balanced conference wise/nationally as I ended up...