Player: Tight end Isaac Nauta, Georgia
Pick: Round 7, 224 overall
Ht.Wt.: 6-3, 244
Workout results: Combine time of 4.91 in the 40; 19 reps in the bench press; 28-inch vertical jump.
Bio: A three-year player who never quite lived up to his billing as a top high school recruit. A three-year player for the Bulldogs who started and finished strong, with a dip in the middle: 29 catches, three TDs as a freshman; nine catches, one TD as a sophomore; 30 catches, 24.3 yards per catch and three TDs in 2018.
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Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) gets away from Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. (34) as he scores after recovering quarterback Jake Fromm's fumble in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a football drill during Georgia Pro Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a passing drill during the 2019 Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Saturday, March. 2, 2019. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Tight end Isaac Nauta runs a football drill during Georgia Pro Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta catches the ball during the NFL football scouting combine on Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) makes a touchdown catch against Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses (32) during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta participates in the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) runs into the end zone for a touchdown against Auburn defensive back Tray Matthews (28) during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a football drill during Georgia Pro Day, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs the 40-yard dash during the 2019 Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Saturday, March. 2, 2019. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) gets past Austin Peay defensive back Isaiah Norman (8) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, in Athens, Ga. Nauta scored a touchdown on the play. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Georgia tight end Jeb Blazevich jumps onto tight end Isaac Nauta after Nauta caught a pass in the end zone for a 2-point conversion against Kentucky during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. Georgia won 27-24. (AP Photo/David Stephenson)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a passing drill during the 2019 Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Saturday, March. 2, 2019. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine on Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Kentucky safety Mike Edwards reacts after Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta caught a pass in the end zone for a 2-point conversion during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. Georgia won 27-24. (AP Photo/David Stephenson)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) fights off an attempted tackle by Mississippi linebacker Terry Caldwell (21) in the first half of their NCAA college football Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) makes a touchdown catch against Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses (32) during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) makes the catch against Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses (32) during the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta runs in a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Analyst take – Lance Zierlein, NFL.com: "With his play speed, ability to maintain separation and ready-steady hands, Nauta fits the mold of a 'matchup tight end' with the ability to factor in on all three levels."
Mike O'Hara's take: Projected as a mid-round pick, this is a bargain pick in the seventh round. He'll compete for the No. 3 tight end. Should be one of the most interesting position battles of the year.
Tim Twentyman's take: Nauta was productive at a big-time SEC program this past season. He shows more ability to separate from defenders and make plays in the passing game than his Combine 40 time might indicate. Though he's undersized a bit (6-3, 244), he's shown the ability to block the edge in the run game, and will have an opportunity to win a job as the team's third tight end behind T.J. Hockenson and Jesse James.
Tight end depth chart: Returning are 2017 fourth-round draft pick Michael Roberts and Jerome Cunningham. Added in the offseason as free agents were Jesse James and Logan Thomas.
