65° M/CLOUDY, SEC's best players — No. 11 Geno Atkins
Last Modified: Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:10 p.m.
No. 11 — Geno Atkins
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- SEC's Best Players — No. 3 Percy Harvin
- SEC's Best Players — No. 4 Eric Berry
- SEC's best players — No. 6 Andre Smith
- SEC's best players — No. 7 Tyson Jackson
- SEC's best players — No. 8 Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
- SEC's best players — No. 9 Brandon Spikes
- SEC's best players — No. 10 Arian Foster
- SEC's best players — No. 12 Kenny McKinley
- SEC's best players — No. 13 Derek Pegues
- SEC's best — No. 14 Ricky Jean-Francois
- SEC's best players — No. 15 Anthony Parker
- SEC's best players — No. 16 Jasper Brinkley
- SEC's best players — No. 18 Eric Norwood
- SEC's best players — No. 17 D.J. Moore
- SEC's best players — No. 19 Cornelius Ingram
- SEC's best players — No. 20 Captain Munnerlyn
- SEC's best players — No. 21 Ben Tate
- SEC's best players — No. 22 Anthony Dixon
- SEC's best players — No. 23 Michael Oher
- SEC's best players — No. 24 Jeremy Jarmon
- SEC's best players — No. 25 Rico McCoy
Georgia
Jr. defensive tackle
Why he's No. 11: Atkins is an active and disruptive part of Georgia's defensive line. He emerged as a force during the second half of last season and finished the year with a team-best 14.5 tackles for a loss. He earned All-SEC honors as a sophomore. Atkins enters this season on the Outland Trophy, Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski watch lists.
Key number: 7.5. Atkins registered this number of sacks last season, including three in Georgia's win over Georgia Tech.
Fun fact: Atkins played middle linebacker at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, but was projected as a defensive end. Oddly, in-state schools Miami, Florida and Florida State did not recruit Atkins. Now, he's one of the SEC's best defensive tackles.
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