Kirby Smart: NFL teams would much rather players train at Georgia than anywhere else
Kirby Smart claimed NFL teams would much rather players train at Georgia than anywhere else in college football.
The two-time national champion coach might have a point based on the school’s NFL Draft success. It’s been like a factory over the course of the last few years.
Smart made sure to make that point known amid players who transfer from the program as well. It was appropriate considering Georgia’s matchup with Kentucky this weekend, featuring former QB Brock Vandagriff.
“Every kid’s different, every kid’s in a different spot,” Smart said. “Like, what age am I? How much am I playing, do I like an opportunity somewhere else? What’s going on with my family, my family dynamic? I don’t think there’s a cookie cutter answer to that question. I wouldn’t delve into specifically each kid that I deal with. I think that’s relative to me and the kid, not for public consumption, but certainly there’s conversations.
“And you know, the transfer portal is an option for some guys to think about going somewhere else. And you know, it’s unfortunate, because the feedback we get from the NFL is there’s nowhere they’d rather have players than here developing.”
Smart further explained how teams evaluate Georgia players and commend the program for keeping a lot around.
“Countless teams have told me the kids that come out of your program are so much better off and developed for having stayed even over playing because of what kind of practice they get and who they get to go against practice,” Smart said. “They feel like their best evaluation is when they come to our practice and see guys go against each other. That’s not anything directly at Brock and Pop, not at all. Both those guys were awesome young men, great young men for our program.”
Kirby Smart says there’s no place like Georgia
If there’s no place like Georgia, then the Bulldogs should win another national title or two under Smart, that’s for sure.
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“I mean, we sell the use of our personnel and the playing of our players, we sell it against (others),” Smart said. “But all you gotta do is talk to one NFL person and they’ll tell you that they’d much rather have quality over quantity.
“They’d much rather judge you on the plays you play, and they’d much rather players training in Georgia than anywhere else. So there’s not a lot to argue in regard to that.”
As the No. 1 ranked team in the country right now, it’s hard to argue.