Georgia is no stranger to the NFL draft, and this year doesn’t figure to be any exception. Outside linebacker Leonard Floyd never quite lived up to all of his vast potential while in Athens, but his size at 6-foot-6, 244 pounds and freakish athleticism will make him too appealing to pass up when the 2016 kicks off in Chicago on Thursday night.

A possible top 10 selection, Floyd is poised to become Georgia’s 31st overall first-round pick and the 15th in the past 15 years.

Here’s a quick look at some other interesting storylines and questions heading into this week’s draft about the former Dawgs players who hope to get selected.

3 Key Questions

1. Where will Floyd end up?

Tampa Bay could be a potential landing spot for the former Georgia star. The Buccaneers have the ninth overall pick and could use help in pressuring quarterbacks. Floyd could be just the answer for which they were looking.

He’d probably be a better fit for a 3-4 defense, but who can be all that selective when you’re regularly playing the likes of gunslingers like Cam Newton, Drew Brees and Matt Ryan? Other potential landing spots for Floyd include the Oakland Raiders at No. 14 or the Buffalo Bills at No. 19.

2. Did Keith Marshall’s Combine help his draft stock?

Marshall was a highly recruited running back out of high school who flashed massive potential as a freshman, only to be sidetracked by an unfortunate string of injuries.

He recovered, but looked nothing like the former five-star prospect he once was and was little more than an afterthought to the Bulldogs in 2015 even in the wake of Nick Chubb’s season-ending knee injury.

Marshall quieted the naysayers with an astounding 40-yard dash time of 4.29 seconds that bettered all other runners at the NFL Combine in February and made NFL scouts take notice. He could be a good fit somewhere in the middle rounds for a zone blocking team willing to take a relatively small chance on his upside.

3. Which Dawg has the best chance of sticking as a free agent?

Long snapper Nathan Theus turned in a pretty good Pro Day in March, running the 40 in 4.9 seconds and bench-pressing 225 pounds 15 times. But those aren’t the attributes that will get him into the league and allow him to stay for a long time. T

he reality is that special teams are critical and a good long snapper is hard to find, so the younger brother of offensive tackle John Theus should find himself in high demand after not registering one bad snap in four years at Georgia.

He will likely be a priority free-agent pickup possibility for a team following the draft.

DRAFT PROJECTIONS

1. Leonard Floyd, LB (first round)
2. Jordan Jenkins, LB (third round)
3. Malcolm Mitchell, WR (fifth round)
4. John Theus, OT (fifth round)
5. Keith Marshall, RB (fifth round)
6. Sterling Bailey, DE (free agent)
7. Jay Rome, TE (free agent)
8. Quayvon Hicks, FB (free agent)
9. Chris Mayes, NT (free agent)
10. Jake Ganus, LB (free agent)
11. Nathan Theus, LS (free agent)

RECENT HISTORY

2015: One first-round (Todd Gurley), five picks
2014: No first-rounds, two picks
2013: Two first-rounds (Jarvis Jones, Alec Ogletree), eight picks
2012: No first-rounds, seven picks
2011: One first-round (A.J. Green), six picks