Packers select Morgan Burnett
Morgan Burnett was selected by Green Bay in the third round of the NFL draft on Friday.
Burnett, a safety from Georgia Tech, was chosen 71st overall. The Packers traded up to slip in front of Buffalo, now led by the man who recruited Burnett to Tech, Chan Gailey, to get him.
After an All-American sophomore season when Burnett intercepted seven passes, he picked off four more as a junior. He finished his career at Tech with 14 interceptions and 235 tackles.
Charles Davis of the NFL Network said in January that Burnett’s size (6-1, 210 pounds) and ability to play safety or cornerback would enhance his appeal to NFL teams.
A native of College Park, Burnett was the third Georgia Tech player to be drafted, following Derrick Morgan going to Tennessee with the 16th pick and Demaryius Thomas to Denver with the 22nd pick.
He strained a hamstring just before the NFL Combine in Indianapolis in February and wasn’t able to work out for scouts. He recovered and seemed to impress scouts by running the 40 in 4.42 seconds a month later at Tech’s pro day. His time would have been the fastest for safeties at the combine.
Meanwhile, running back Jonathan Dwyer, at one time projected to be a first-round pick, hasn’t been selected. A toe injury sustained during the Orange Bowl hampered his training for the Combine, where he ran a relatively slow 40 time. But he bounced back at Tech’s pro day to run a 4.52, seven-thousandths faster than his time at the combine.
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Go fix my email account, best buy boy.
April 24th, 2010
1:37 pm
supersize that order, mutt….Boo hoo hoo. Funny, now that the tables are turned and it is on GT blog, your whiney little boy antics don’t work like your strikes on the UGA blog, hu? What pudding pop!
supersize that order, mutt
April 24th, 2010
1:38 pm
Go fix, you have never seen and never will see me on a UGAG blog. I don’t waste my time there.
GT = Best Buy/Geek Squad 40k/year LOSER
April 24th, 2010
1:39 pm
groundfog – hanging out on a UGA blog to bash Rennie IS pathetic, Charmin wipe.
supersize that order, mutt
April 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
and what do you call mutts who hang out on a Tech blog posting malicious lies about Dwyer???
Draft Position
April 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
It is very amusing to see all these Ga fans on our blog talking about JD’s draft position when it really means nothing . The world is full of ex NFL first round draft busts. And remember Tom Brady, he was a 6th round draft pick in 2000. How did that work out for him?
Draft Position
April 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
In the end it will all come down to how you perform on the field, not in what round you where drafted
italian_29
April 24th, 2010
2:56 pm
I am a UGA fan, but it is pretty pathetic that “fans” from both schools are bashing 20 something year old kids for where they are chosen in the NFL draft. I can say this, both Rennie Curran and Jonathan Dwyer are going to make an impact in the NFL. For you Tech fans complaining about UGA fans spreading lies, look at what Tech fans are saying about Rennie, it works both ways. Maybe if you guys could keep your troll fans off the UGA blogs, we could try to keep our troll fans off your blogs. I don’t mind the good natured ribbing because it is to be expected in the “good oldfashioned hate” rivalry, but bashing the young men is childish and beneath both schools. I wish the BEST for Jonathan Dwyer, he is a HECK of a player and will make an impact for whomever is lucky enough to get him. Peace!
dawgfan
April 24th, 2010
3:10 pm
The real lie about Dwyer is that he is a big time running back. Look at the stats Tech fans. Just pull your heads out of your azzes for two seconds and look at the game by game stats. The guy did absolutely jack squat against any legitimate opponent. His biggest game last year was against Wake freaking Forest, with Vandy coming in a close second. He padded the stats with all the creampuffs on your laughable schedule. You idiots were talking Heisman about this guy in the Fall and look at you now. Crying like a bunch of panty wastes. Pathetic.
Tech fans are always so entitled. One decent season in 18 freaking years and they DEMAND your respect. Its just an injustice that nobody will pick Dwyer. Its so unfair. Cry babies cry. Its probably Georgia’s fault, right Tech fans? We’re the reason you haven’t won a bowl game in 5 years. We’re the reason you haven’t won a major bowl game since the 50’s. We’re the reason Dwyer was overrated and the NFL isn’t impressed with his stats against Duke. If its not our fault its someone elses. Its never Tech’s fault. Noooo, of course not. Tech fans take credit for everything but take responsibility for nothing. You are an embarassment.
LOL @ Tech fans.
5 National Championships Later
April 24th, 2010
4:04 pm
Stinger is spinning in Dwyer’s sorrow. Bawa ha ha ha ha 188th! How does that “sting”, Stinger?