Georgia having 15 players taken in the 2022 NFL Draft is unprecedented. It was one of the many records set by the Bulldogs this past weekend.
The other team in recent history to get as close as Georgia did was the 2020 LSU draft haul. The draft success is far from the only commonality between the 2019 LSU team and the 2021 Georgia program. Each had a generational unit, with LSU’s coming on the offensive side of the ball and Georgia relying on its defense. Both schools produced the No. 1 overall pick. And each school ended lengthy losing streaks against Alabama in the process of winning the National Championship.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs will hope that those comparisons to Ed Orgeron’s LSU program come to an end. LSU followed up its championship run with a 5-5 flop. The Tigers were unable to sustain the success they experienced in 2019 and not even two full years later was Orgeron fired.
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