Georgia DL Nazir Stackhouse returning for fifth season
Georgia has seen quite a few players exit the program, either via the portal or for the NFL Draft, in the past month. After returns were announced for Carson Beck and Smael Mondon in December, Nazir Stackhouse took to social media to say he’ll be coming back to UGA for another season as well.
Stackhouse can redshirt in 2024 if he has an injury but it will almost certainly be his final season in a Bulldog uniform. The 6-foot-3 320-pound nose tackle has started 29 straight games for the Bulldogs. He has played in 45 games since joining the program in 2020.
The Stone Mountain, Ga. native has eight tackles for loss over the past three years. He has tallied three sacks during that time and piled up 69 total tackles. He racked up 24 total tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks in 2023 when he played the lion’s share of snaps at nose tackle. Georgia called on Stackhouse for 409 snaps this season, good for seventh on the team. It’s also 21 more snaps, in 14 game, than Jordan Davis played in 2021, in 15 games.
Stackhouse’s signature play in 2023 was an interception against Missouri that he tried to take back for a touchdown before being tackled deep in Tiger territory. It was called back due to an illegal blindside block anyway.
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Georgia has led the country in NFL Draft selections over the last three seasons with 34 in total. The Bulldogs also rank first over the last five with 48, boosted in large part due to the modern-era NFL Draft record 15 players that were picked in 2022 off of Georgia’s national championship-winning squad. Last year, UGA tied for the nation-high with 10 players picked.
In total, the Kirby Smart era at Georgia has seen 55 selections. You have to go all the way back to 1992 to find the last time at least one Bulldog was not taken in an NFL Draft. Georgia has had a player picked in the first round every year since 2018. That list includes Roquan Smith, Isaiah Wynn, Sony Michel, Deandre Baker, Andrew Thomas, Isaiah Wilson, Eric Stokes, Travon Walker, Jordan Davis, Quay Walker, Devonte Wyatt, Lewis Cine, Jalen Carter, Broderick Jones and Nolan Smith.
