2022 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: George Pickens | Georgia | WR

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Player Bio: George Pickens prepped at Hoover High School located in Hoover, AL.
Pickens concluded his senior season with 69 receptions for 1,368 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns, and one kick return for a touchdown. He garnered the 2018 Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A Player of the Year Award finalist, named to the 2018 All-USA Alabama First Team offense by the USA Today, named to AL.com’s 2018 Super All-State Team, and the All-Birmingham First Team offense, the 2018 MaxPreps All-American Second Team, ASWA Class 7A First Team All-State, USA Today All-USA Alabama First Team and the AL.com All-State Team Honorable Mention. Pickens earned invites to play in the 2019 Under Armour All-American Game, 2018 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game, earning Alabama MVP honors, catching nine passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns, Nike’s The Opening Regional camp in Atlanta in July 2017.
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ACCOLADES
2022 NFL Combine Invite
2021 Walter Camp Pre-Season All-America Second Team
2021 All-SEC Pre-Season Second Team
2020 Fred Biletnikoff Pre-Season Watch List 
2020 Media Pre-Season All-SEC Second Team, 
2019 Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team 
2019 Offensive Newcomer of the Year ​

GEORGE PICKENS
WIDE RECEIVER
HOMETOWN                      |           CLASS
HOOVER, AL                       |           JUNIOR 
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DRAFT YR:  2022              COMBINE INVITE: YES

​HEIGHT                    WEIGHT                    ARMS
6' 3"                195 lbs            32 ⅜"

HANDS                   PROJECTED 40-TIME            DRAFT GRADE
 8 ¾"                          4.60                       6.23

SCHOOL:  GEORGIA                                      |                    CONFERENCE: SEC
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COMBINE RESULTS 
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       4.47         |              DNP              |                33”              |            125”          |             DNP             |              DNP                      
 
​PRO DAY RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       DNP         |              DNP              |             34 ½"            |              DNP          |             DNP            |              DNP

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#1 GEORGE PICKENS HIGHLIGHTS

Strengths

• He has excellent quality of height and frame as a receiver.

• He has excellent speed of the line of scrimmage to create separation from the defender and immediately take the top off the defense.
• He has an excellent straight-line vertical speed to threaten the defense requiring immediate help.
• He has excellent soft hands and rips the ball out of the air.
• He demonstrates body control and the ability to track the ball in the air.
• He is a physical receiver who can run through arm tackles and gained sizable gains. 
• Great leaping ability and possesses a wide window for the quarterback to throw through.
• He is a designed playmaker that makes unbelievable diving and acrobatic catches on the sideline and downfield.

Weaknesses

• He measured out with tiny hands and short arms for his frame.
• He generally catches the ball with his body and not his hands.
• He has displayed poor sportsmanship skills striking an opposing player, causing an ejection.
• He has been involved in a few off-the-field issues, has intractable problems.
• He had a season-ending knee injury to his ACL; that problem may scare some teams away from drafting in early rounds.
  

Draft Projection: 4th Round

NFL Comparison: Devante Parker (New England Patriots)

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