Underclassmen from the SEC going to the NFL draft

While we wait for next Monday in Athens, we already know Jones and Ogletree are headed to the NFL. However, UGA players leaving for pro football aren't the only one's that have impact on Georgia.

From Draft Countdown:

Player	Position	College	Class
Alvin Bailey	OG	Arkansas	JR
Tyler Bray	QB	Tennessee	JR
Knile Davis	RB	Arkansas	JR
Matt Elam	S	Florida	JR
Sharrif Floyd	DT	Florida	JR
Justin Hunter	WR	Tennessee	JR
Jarvis Jones	OLB	Georgia	JR
Marcus Lattimore	RB	South Carolina	JR
Corey Lemonier	DE	Auburn	JR
Tyrann Mathieu	CB	ex-LSU	JR
Kevin Minter	ILB	L.S.U.	JR
Damontre Moore	DE	Texas A&M	JR
Alec Ogletree	ILB	Georgia	JR
Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	Tennessee	JR
Jordan Reed	TE	Florida	JR
Eric Reid	S	L.S.U.	JR
Sheldon Richardson	DT	Missouri	JR
Tharold Simon	CB	L.S.U.	JR
Spencer Ware	RB	L.S.U.	JR
Brad Wing	P	L.S.U.	SO

Of Georgia's 2013 opponents, LSU is losing six, Tennessee is losing three, South Carolina, Missouri, and Auburn are all losing one. Florida is losing three.  LSU is losing some pretty strong players, particularly Ware and Ried. Two of Florida's three are important parts of the Gators' defense this year.

But are there any three bigger players for a team than Tyler Bray, Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin Hunter?
Patterson and Hunter accounted for over 1850 of the Vols' 3787 yards of receiving this past year. When you consider they are also losing TE Mychal River and WR Zach Rogers to graduation, that is over 2/3 of their receiving yards and 185 of their 285 receptions.

As an aside, by my count, 20 of the 40 who have already declared are current or former SEC players (Da'Rick Rogers has declared), with Alabama yet to play. The date for Juniors to declare is January 15th.

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