Boykin, Glenn pass on NFL draft, will return for senior seasons
Cornerback Brandon Boykin and offensive guard Cordy Glenn, Georgia juniors who had been considering entering the NFL draft, decided to remain with the Bulldogs for their senior seasons.
The official word came Wednesday night in an announcement from UGA, which said there was “not yet” word on whether junior outside linebacker Justin Houston will enter the draft.
The return of Boykin and Glenn is welcomed news for the Bulldogs, though. The two players have a combined 58 games of starting experience over the past three seasons.
“This is exciting news for Georgia and for Brandon and Cordy,” coach Mark Richt said in a statement. “I think they have both made wise decisions for the right reasons and will be important senior leaders for us this coming year. We’re recruiting 24/7 right now, but these two are a big part of our ‘recruiting class.’”
Boykin and Glenn were among the Georgia players who last month asked the NFL underclassmen advisory board for a projection of their draft stock.
Boykin, from Fayetteville, has played in 39 games, starting 24, in his three seasons at Georgia. He ranks No. 1 in school history in career kickoff return yards with 1,813, including an SEC-record three 100-yard kickoff returns.
Glenn, from Riverdale, has started 34 games for Georgia, including 32 in a row. He is the second Georgia offensive linemen to elect to stay in school after considering the 2011 draft; tackle Trinton Sturdivant last week announced his decision to return for his senior season.
In statements released by UGA, Boykin and Glenn cited their reasons for returning.
“After meeting with my family and coaches, I was able to put a lot of things into perspective,” Boykin said. “First of all, I want to be part of getting Georgia back into the championship hunt. Coming back will also give me a chance to get my degree before entering the draft, and another year of experience will only make me a better player as well.”
Said Glenn: “I want to come back for several reasons, including helping our team get back on track to where we want to be. Coming back will also give me a chance to improve my draft stock and get closer to my degree, which is important to me and my family.”
The NFL’s deadline for eligible underclassmen to enter the draft is Saturday. Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green, a projected top-five pick, earlier announced that he will forgo his senior season to enter the draft.
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D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
10:09 pm
still@,
Vandy just beat UGA in Nashville, 73-66……
That score sound familiar to you???
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
10:12 pm
Why is my name Anti-UGA?
I Own and Run a Bar! Haven’t you read my past posts? I know you have. Maybe you never got that I am in this business. I name has nothing to do with UGA good or bad.
RICHT CAN NOT COME BACK
January 12th, 2011
10:15 pm
with whatever odds the chance of winning goes up 20% how long?
AltamahaDawg
January 12th, 2011
10:17 pm
No Bob, Bradley can’t be expected to give us his take on this in only one day. He hasn’t had a week to read what everybody else had to say to know what his opinion is yet.
San Francisco Dawg
January 12th, 2011
10:28 pm
Damn good Dawgs!!Man, this really helps in every facet, leadership, experience and effort!!
BullDawgRick
January 12th, 2011
10:32 pm
Nice choice – Both
AltamahaDawg
January 12th, 2011
10:38 pm
Glenn was not awful. He has been the most solid of all of them except maybe Jones. At the very least you can point to some occations when he was having a pretty good game, which gives hope that he might again. Which isn’t saying much, but it’s always better to have the depth than not, even if its just to have somebody to beat out. It also gives them more options. Gates can go ahead and move to RT. Frees up Strickland who can sub as a few different spots.. Probably keeps them from having to start Harmon , although it’s about time he forced that himself. He might be getting close? Looking forward to seeing Benedict and Burnette get in the game somewhere.
AltamahaDawg
January 12th, 2011
10:44 pm
You know UGA INsider is going to be pretty mad about this. Double crossers!
Joey
January 12th, 2011
10:44 pm
If anybody other than Green thinks they are ready for the NFL off of this years team they’re kidding themselves. That includes you Houston.
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
10:44 pm
Jones Solid? Jones is DIRTY just like the AU’s Fairley. Ben Jones tried to end a MSU players career last year with a from behind Chop block 20 yards down the field.
Ben Jones is a POS but he is your POS, but Fairley is just a POS because he is not Your POS.
DollarDawg43
January 12th, 2011
10:44 pm
Good to get some good news. Here is some more: the staff is (privately) cautiously optimistic that recruiting will hold; Greg McGarity agreed with Richt, Bobo and Grantham and will increase the strength and conditioning staff from 3 to about 12; and both the administration and big money donors understand improvement is needed but are solidly behind Richt.
I can promise you: The flaming, whining and complaining you read on here absolutely does NOT reflect the attitude of those that matter in Athens. If you want him fired, you can give it a rest for a while. He is in good standing with those that count and he wants to be here.
AltamahaDawg
January 12th, 2011
10:45 pm
You don’t even know what a chop block is.
Buford T. Pusser
January 12th, 2011
10:46 pm
Read between the lines. My draft assessment came back and I would not get drafted or would be a 6th to 7th round pick. Therefore, I am returning for my senior season. The big boys in the NFL are the real judges of talent.
The Sheriff has spoken.
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
10:49 pm
OK it was not a CHOP BLOCK. Ben Jones wsent at the Miss St players knee from behind. Stright Shoulder to the side of the players knee trying to cripple him. It is more of a crackback block.
D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
10:51 pm
still@,
I have always assumed your name was in reference to UGA being a party school or the drinking related arrests of our players. I guess I was wrong. Call me paranoid or defensive if you’d like, but when there are so many of you Techie trolls on here wanting to knock UGA football down for off field issues, it’s easy to assume.
And you think Ben Jones is a POS for chop blocks?? Isn’t Paul Johnson the dean at Chop Block U???
Anyway, nothing will take away the fact that UGA beat you 42-34 a month and a half ago, which was one of the nine victories against you in the last ten years.
Mark Richt owes property tax on North Ave.
Frank
January 12th, 2011
10:53 pm
Very smart. Football is a brief career, a college degree is income for life.
Also, good to see these guys are committed to winning a Championship.
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
10:55 pm
DA double
Johnson & Tech uses CUT Blocks very different from a Chop Block.
the sham
January 12th, 2011
10:55 pm
@ Dollar Dawg43 – glad to hear a voice of reason on the CMR issue. I think he’s earned the right to cure whatever ails this program and am glad to hear those in charge are willing to give him the tools necessary to do the job.
For all those folks wanting heads to roll, they can be silenced with another SEC East run. The venom will subside and support will snowball from there…
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
10:58 pm
Boykin’s profile on the UGA site is not available, but Glenn is majoring in Education. Great just wahr we need. A person of color working in a government job. The stae of GA sucks in education and UGA turns out the majority of the public school teachers. what does that say?
Stinger
January 12th, 2011
10:58 pm
The only way either one of them would get drafted is by the ARMY.
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
11:00 pm
HAHAHAHA
DA double
See I can poke fun too.
Glenn has said he wants to really be a TEACHER not a PE or Football coach that teaches a joke of a class. I can respect that choice if he wants to be a dedicated teacher.
D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
11:00 pm
I remember about 4 or 5 Chop Blocks being called on GT this year, and even more last year.
Now quit being a typical Techie and trying to compare the dirtiness of our programs and accept the fact that head to head matchups are the best way to decide who is better than who.
Let me help you. 42-34…… guess who had 42??
D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
11:06 pm
see Still@thebar at 10:58
Wow. You really just exemplified the reason I cannot stand the typical Tech fan(sic). I am done acknowledging you and your existence on this blog. I’ll pray for you.
Fran Tarkenton
January 12th, 2011
11:07 pm
Mark Richt’s still a sorry a$$ coach so what difference does it make that these players come back ?
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:11 pm
See Fran no one said Richt is going anywhere….geez give it up
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:13 pm
DA Double you still around? You read about Jenkins yesterday? De-committing from OSU? One guy read on a for pay Auburn site (he didn’t see the irony in that) that UGA was in the lead with him according to one of the AU folks on there.
still@the bar
January 12th, 2011
11:15 pm
DA double
Isn’t that the number of personal fouls UGA got in the 1st half of the Auburn game?4-5 per year vs that many 15 yard penalities in a half? Please try again.
D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
11:17 pm
Sandman,
I don’t think Jenkins has completely said UGA is in the lead, but I think it’s well assumed we are. Jenkins has admitted the UGA coaches have recruited him the hardest, and he wants to be somewhere where he can be a difference maker.
Id put our chances of landing Jenkins at 85% + Looking good.
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:18 pm
Yeah I think so too. February 2nd is shaping up to be a HECK of a good day for the Dawgs!
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:20 pm
Boykin has some work to do Glenn too, but I think their heart is in the right place. Hopefully this will help some folks mke up their minds.
how bout them dawgs
January 12th, 2011
11:20 pm
Great NEWS! Houston we don’t need a problem. Stay at home!
Army Chaplain in Iraq
January 12th, 2011
11:26 pm
Awaiting a Mark Bradley article slamming these guys. I think that they made good decisions, both can make great strides, not only in their college games (hopefully, our secondary can get it together all around), and thier draft status. I don’t know about Houston, I think he will go pro, but wouldn’t be surprised it he stays. He is in that gray area of the draft, a prototypical “tweener”. He could really be a beast if he came back. Go Dawgs.
D A DoubleU G
January 12th, 2011
11:27 pm
All I can say, is Dawg Nation should be feeling a little more optimistic about the future come Feb 2nd.
Also come Feb 2, Tech will only be able to validify Paul Johnson’s geniusness with the 2008 win in Athens.
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:29 pm
but DA Double…it might be a “moral victory” for Tech
Mr. SEC
January 12th, 2011
11:34 pm
I’m not a “know it all”, but I posted several weeks ago when Boykin and Glenn were playing around with entering the NFL early that they were not ready. I stated that all 3 (Sturdivant included), would find out just what the NFL thought of them. They did and they found out! Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they are back; maybe now they will get their asses in gear and get another year of experience and contribute to the team and not do it in a half assed way. Then, maybe they will get great information back to where their stock is with the NFL. Or maybe, they took my advice and read the article Fred Gibson had about leaving early a couple of weeks agoin the AJC. Fred admitted it was the worse thing he ever did; it is sad that it took Fred sedveral years to find out that he was not NFL material; even worse, it took Fred about 9 years to get his college education. But I do commened him on coming back to UGA after leaving his tour of teams in the NFL to achieve his degree! Now that’s a Damn Good Dawg! If you are part of the worse O-line in the country for the last 2 years, how in the hell do you think you are going to make it in the NFL. And Boykin, he can run faster than a deer, but he can’t play a lick of defense. I hope somebody at UGA will start giving out good, hard, and truthfull advice to players who want to leave early. Agents just want their money; they will tell you anything to get you to do business with them. I hope this will serve as a good example to players who follow!
Go Dawgs!
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:41 pm
Excellent Mr. SEC. great post and I agree. The agents should just go away but we all know this isn’t going to happen.
icedawg
January 12th, 2011
11:42 pm
That’s got to be positive Let’s hope that somehow they along with the rest of them can stay out of the Sheriff’s office.
sandman053
January 12th, 2011
11:43 pm
I am not sure that folks going to the Sheriff’s Office will be welcome back this year.
cadawg
January 12th, 2011
11:45 pm
was wondering how some would find a way to spin this news negatively. then i read harold’s post. what a moron. was chizik a genius when he was ringing up a 5-19 record at iowa st? auburn will be lucky to win 8 next year when cam and fairley are gone, and will be lucky to 6 the year after when malzahn is malgahn.
this is great news! shores up our OL and our DB, and we need help in both places. go dawgs!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
January 12th, 2011
11:48 pm
albeit the o-line was poor this year, having trinton & glenn returning is good, you don’t want a freshman/sophomore players playing. boykin as well, we need his talent on special teams.
cadawg
January 12th, 2011
11:50 pm
@mr.sec, i agree that boykin and glenn will help themselves by staying another year, but something tells me that they didn’t consult the message boards during their decision making process…
Hey DA Dumba$$...
January 12th, 2011
11:52 pm
I’m not a fan of Tech or Georgia, but it really is pathetic how you get so much enjoyment out of bragging about Georgia athletics. How many downs did you play in this year’s UGA, Tech game? Exactly, you had NOTHING to do with the outcome on the field so cut the BS and get a life.
Joe
January 13th, 2011
12:03 am
Donnan’s recruits and Van Gorder’s scoring defense where the only reason Richt wasn’t run off in 2005. He be gone soon now.
Uga'91
January 13th, 2011
12:06 am
Enter your comments here
Rob
January 13th, 2011
12:10 am
Great news! Justin needs to stay as well after that horrendous Liberty Bowl performance..he thinks he can do better on Sundays? Puuuulease. One more year of weights and coaching..then Sunday.
ScrambledDawg
January 13th, 2011
12:19 am
Didn’t Boykin make 2 pics in the bowl game?
Seems to me he’s at least an adequate corner……
Bean Counter
January 13th, 2011
12:35 am
Both of them stated that they want to help Georgia get back on top and they want to work toward their degree. This is the kind of attitude that we need at Georgia. They are here to help the team and further their education. Thank you for staying with us.
D A DoubleU G
January 13th, 2011
12:36 am
Hey DA dumb…,
notice I gloat the score of the Tech/UGA game only when trying to prove a point to the Tech Teolls who are so bitter that they come to the UGA blog to talk smack.
My advice for you, is if you do not want to read the ramblings of passionate UGA football fans, avoid the comment sections of the UGA sports blog. You chose to read it, so don’t let it bother you.
tide roll
January 13th, 2011
12:42 am
Now move Bean Anderson back to right guard, Kenarios Gates to right tackle and Bruce Figgins to fullback, and kick some butt. Otherwise Richt to the NFL as a QB coach, and Bobo to Georgia Southwestern
raphael
January 13th, 2011
12:51 am
Main thing I am glad about is Coach Richt is returning. That gives us our best chance for a national championship next year.