CFN predicts the #1 Next Best Thing......think this article is spot on.....
1. Georgia DT John Jenkins, LB Jarvis Jones, and RB Isaiah Crowell
Georgia already has a nice base of players going into the 2011 season, but it needs an influx of talent to possibly challenge for the SEC title. Problem solved.
The quarterback is already in place in Aaron Murray, and now the Dawgs should have an anchor for the defensive front in Jenkins, a playmaking leader for the linebacking corps in Jones, and a balancer for the offense in Crowell. The expectations are through the roof for these three, and they could be the difference between a good year and a championship. No, you didn’t see Auburn coming last year, and you didn’t see Cam Newton and Nick Fairley doing what they did. Yes, it’s asking too much for Jenkins, Jarvis, and Jones to provide the same sort of pop and for Georgia to be THAT team from SEC this year, but …
Jenkins is an NFL-ready defensive tackle who’ll hang out in Athens for a year or so. At 6-4 and 350 pounds, he’s a huge run-stuffer who was targeted by the Georgia staff to be the main man for the defensive front, and while Kwame Geathers might have been great this offseason, this could be Jenkins’ job as soon as he’s ready – and in shape. He needs to get his conditioning in place, but everything is there to be special.
The big key to the linebacking corps, and the defense, is Jones, a USC transfer who’s expected to be the big replacement for Houston as an all-around playmaker. The 6-3, 241-pound sophomore will work on the strongside after sitting out last year because of the transfer, but he’s ready to become a terror after seeing a little time for the Trojans two years ago making 13 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss. He was a big part of the rotation before hurting his neck and missing the second half of the 2009 season, but he’s fine now with the speed and range to be the team’s next linebacking star.
With several problems with the Georgia running backs, fortunately, there’s a tremendous upgrade of talent coming ready to shine, led by Isaiah Crowell, a 6-0, 210-pound true freshman who might be the most prepared running back coming to Georgia since Herschel Walker’s heyday in the early 1980s. Garrison Hearst, Musa Smith, Thomas Brown, Knowshon Moreno and Robert Edwards were impressive, but none of them exploded one season after high school. Still, Crowell plays a lot like Edwards, who had tremendous burst and could take it to the house on any run. Crowell might not start the first game of the season, and he got banged up in summer practices
