Georgia Bulldogs

DeAngelo Tyson became the seventh Georgia player to be picked in the NFL draft Saturday when the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the seventh round, 236th overall.

Tyson played defensive tackle early in his career when Georgia ran a 4-3 base defense, then occupied the nose guard spot out of necessity when the Bulldogs shifted to a 3-4 after defensive coordinator Todd Grantham joined the coaching staff in 2010. Tyson played his third position in three years in 2011 when he moved to defensive end, showing the ability to contribute in a variety of roles.

He started 11 games last fall, missing the Coastal Carolina game and the season-ending games against LSU and Michigan State after suffering an ankle injury early in the regular-season finale against Georgia Tech. He finished the season with 20 tackles, 3.5 for a loss, and was fourth on the team with 11 quarterback pressures.

Tyson is the seventh Georgia player selected and fifth on Saturday. Offensive lineman Cordy Glenn went in Friday’s second round to Buffalo, making him the only ex-Bulldog picked on the draft’s first two days. Center Ben Jones (fourth round to Houston), tight end Orson Charles (fourth round to Cincinnati), cornerback Brandon Boykin (fourth round to Philadelphia) and offensive lineman Justin Anderston (seventh round to Indianapolis) were also picked Saturday.

Georgia’s program record for players selected in one draft is eight, set in 2002.

Former Georgia offensive lineman Justin Anderson became the sixth ex-Bulldogs player off the board when the Indianapolis Colts selected him Saturday with the first pick in the seventh round of the NFL draft.

Anderson went to the Colts with the 208th overall pick.

Anderson started all 14 games at right tackle last fall after switching to defense for a season in 2010. He was a freshman All-SEC pick at right tackle in 2008 -- starting seven games -- and started five more in 2009.

At 6-foot-5 and 335 pounds, Anderson could shift inside to guard in the pros.

Most draft analysts projected him as a late-round pick or, more likely, an undrafted free agent, but the Colts selected him as part of their rebuilding project -- potentially as a candidate to help protect new franchise quarterback Andrew Luck, the draft’s first overall selection.

Blair Walsh joined Saturday’s NFL draft parade of former Georgia players when the Minnesota Vikings selected the former Bulldogs kicker with the 175th overall pick in the sixth round.

Walsh is the third place-kicker selected in this year’s draft, following Texas A&M’s Randy Bullock and Greg Zuerlein of Missouri Western, both of whom came off the board Saturday.

He could compete for immediate playing time, as Minnesota experienced its share of kicking problems a year ago. Vikings veteran Ryan Longwell was 25th among NFL kickers in accuracy last year, hitting just 78.6 percent of his field-goal tries (22 of 28).

"The NFL is a fast moving-league and players' careers don’t seem to last too long anymore," Walsh said. "So I don’t know if you can pressure Ryan, I just know he is a great kicker and I’m excited to compete with him. "

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No NFL club has more former Georgia players than the Cincinnati Bengals, who added their sixth ex-Bulldog Saturday when they drafted tight end Orson Charles in the fourth round.

The Bengals drafted Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Green in the first round and offensive lineman Clint Boling in the fourth round last year and defensive lineman Geno Atkins in the fourth round in 2010.

"I guess that [shows] the program that we have built over a couple years at Georgia, so I definitely don’t want to let that tradition down," Charles said Saturday.

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Brandon Boykin became the fourth Georgia player selected in the NFL draft when the Philadelphia Eagles picked him in Saturday’s fourth round with the 123rd overall pick.

Several draft analysts gave Boykin a second- or third-round grade, but he slipped into the draft’s third day. Ten cornerbacks were selected Thursday and Friday in the draft’s first three rounds and two more came off the board Saturday before Boykin.

“This young man will bounce back,” ESPN analyst Todd McShay said. “I love the way he plays the game, and the versatility that he brings. He’s not just a slot cover corner. He’s one of the most dynamic return specialists that we have in college football.”

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Orson Charles’ wait to be selected in the NFL draft ended Saturday when the Cincinnati Bengals selected him in the fourth round.

Charles, the Bulldogs’ only early entry into the draft, was the 116th overall selection and 21st pick in the fourth round.

Now he’ll form a 1-2 punch at tight end with Jermaine Gresham, who had 56 catches for 596 yards last season, which ranked 18^th in the NFL among tight ends.

"I definitely have a great tight end I can look up to and resemble my game to and start to go to work and compete," Charles said Saturday afternoon.

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Ben Jones, one of Georgia’s most valuable offensive linemen of the Mark Richt era, went to the Houston Texans in the fourth round of the NFL draft.

The Texans picked Jones with the 99th overall pick Saturday in the draft -- which he discovered while watching with about 30 family members at his aunt's home in Bibb County, Ala.

"They love those undersized, scrappy zone centers," NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said of the Texans. "Ben Jones from Georgia occasionally gets overextended, but this is one of the scrappiest, smartest players I’ve seen on tape. He takes great angles, the kid understands the game and leverage. The more he has to move sometimes at the second level, the more his lack of athletic ability hurts him. But this kid gets the game of football."

Jones became the second center selected in the draft, following only Wisconsin’s Peter Konz, who went in the second round to the Atlanta Falcons.

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Watch Saturday's Rounds 4-7 live on WatchESPN.com.

Day 2 of the NFL draft has come and gone with only one Georgia player -- offensive lineman Cordy Glenn -- being picked.

Projected by many draft experts as a first-round pick, Glenn slipped to the second round, where the Buffalo Bills grabbed him with the 41st pick. Former Bulldogs Brandon Boykin and Orson Charles both had hopes of landing in the second or third rounds, but neither player made it off the board by the end of the night.

Rounds 4-7 will begin Saturday at noon ET on ESPN, with Boykin, Charles and several other ex-Bulldogs hoping to hear their names called on the draft’s final day.

Center Ben Jones, punter Drew Butler, defensive tackle DeAngelo Tyson and kicker Blair Walsh are also among the potential ex-Bulldog draft picks. Several more should have the opportunity to sign deals with NFL clubs as undrafted free agents.

Watch Saturday's baseball game at 7:30 p.m. ET, live on ESPN3.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia baseball coach David Perno hinted that lineup changes might be ahead after the Bulldogs went 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to Georgia Tech.

Perno announced after Wednesday’s practice that he will in fact shuffle the lineup in this weekend’s series at No. 6 LSU (33-9, 12-6 SEC) -- with the biggest change being freshman slugger Hunter Cole’s return to competition.

Cole, who leads the Bulldogs (24-18, 8-10) with six home runs and is batting .370 in SEC play, missed the last six games with a strained muscle in his right side. Perno said Cole is not pain-free, but the injury has healed to the point that he would not risk further injury by playing.

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Offensive lineman Cordy Glenn became the first Georgia player selected in the NFL draft Friday night when the Buffalo Bills picked him 41st overall in the second round, which he described as "probably the happiest moment of my life."

Glenn admitted he was surprised that he lasted until the second round, but said he was pleased that he wound up with Buffalo, one of his favorite teams.

"I did actually," Glenn said. "But things happen for a reason. I am just happy to be with the Bills."

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ESPN's Mark Schlabach writes: After three days of meetings, one thing is clear: college football will have a playoff. The details, however, are still very much up for grabs.

No Georgia players were selected in Thursday’s first round of the NFL draft.

Former Bulldogs offensive lineman Cordy Glenn was one of 26 players who attended the draft at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, but is one of six remaining in the green room at the end of the night. Four offensive linemen -- USC's Matt Kalil, Stanford's David DeCastro, Iowa's Riley Reiff and Wisconsin's Kevin Zeitler -- were picked in the first round ahead of Glenn.

Most draft experts projected that Glenn would be a first-round pick, with ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. ranking him as the No. 14 overall prospect on his “Big Board.” Glenn is now the best available player remaining on Kiper’s board and is the second-best player left according to NFL Network expert Mike Mayock and ESPN's Todd McShay's rankings.

Glenn was clearly Georgia's best shot at becoming a first-round pick. Instead, for the fifth time in the last seven years, no Bulldog was selected in the first round.

Glenn -- along with former Georgia teammates Brandon Boykin, Orson Charles and Ben Jones -- will now wait to hear his name called Friday night in the second or third rounds.

Round 2 will begin at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The draft will conclude with Rounds 4-7 starting at noon ET Saturday on ESPN.

With an hour to go until the NFL draft begins, Georgia figures to have only one player hear his name called tonight during the first round.

Almost every top draft analyst has former Bulldogs offensive lineman Cordy Glenn going in the first round, typically somewhere in the mid to late first round.

However, Georgia figures to have several more players drafted between the second and seventh rounds on Friday and Saturday -- with cornerback Brandon Boykin, tight end Orson Charles and center Ben Jones figuring to be the next Bulldogs off the board.

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Cassidy Hubbarth and the college football bloggers go around the country to explain how a playoff system would help everyone.