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Defensive back, Georgia, 2018–⁠20

Eric Stokes

Number: No. 27
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 185 lb
Class (2020): Junior
Hometown: Covington, GA
Born: Mar 1, 1999

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Eric Stokes played defensive back at Georgia (2018–⁠20). The Green Bay Packers took Stokes in the first round, No. 29 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 38; Tackles, 2019 (Georgia, 12–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 29; Overall, 2021 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Honors

All-America: CBS Sports 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

11–⁠3AP 712–⁠2AP 48–⁠2AP 7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	Georgia	20	16	1	0	0	9	0
2019	Georgia	38	30	1	1	0	9	1
2020	Georgia	20	14	0	0	4	4	1
Career		78	60	2	1	4	22	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Georgia	27	DB	Fr.
2019	Georgia	27	DB	So.
2020	Georgia	27	DB	Jr.	6′1″	185

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Georgia 9 games, 20 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Sep 26	atArkansas	W 37–⁠10	1	1	1	0
Oct 3	vs.Auburn	W 27–⁠6	1	1	0	0
Oct 10	vs.Tennessee	W 44–⁠21	1	1	1	2
Oct 17	atAlabama	L 24–⁠41	4	2	0	0
Oct 31	atKentucky	W 14–⁠3	1	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Florida	L 28–⁠44	4	4	1	2
Nov 21	vs.Mississippi State	W 31–⁠24	3	2	0	0
Nov 28	atSouth Carolina	W 45–⁠16	3	2	0	0
Dec 12	atMissouri	W 49–⁠14	2	1	1	0

2019 Georgia 13 games, 38 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	atVanderbilt	W 30–⁠6	3	3	0	0	1
Sep 7	vs.Murray State	W 63–⁠17	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Arkansas State	W 55–⁠0	3	2	0	0	2
Sep 21	vs.Notre Dame	W 23–⁠17	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 5	atTennessee	W 43–⁠14	3	2	1	1	3
Oct 12	vs.South Carolina	L 17–⁠20	6	5	0	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Kentucky	W 21–⁠0	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 2	vs.Florida	W 24–⁠17	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 9	vs.Missouri	W 27–⁠0	4	4	0	0	0
Nov 16	atAuburn	W 21–⁠14	7	6	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Texas A&M	W 19–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 7	vs.LSU	L 10–⁠37	2	2	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Baylor	W 26–⁠14	3	2	0	0	1

2018 Georgia 9 games, 20 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 1	vs.Austin Peay	W 45–⁠0	2	1	1	0
Sep 8	atSouth Carolina	W 41–⁠17	2	2	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 49–⁠7	0	0	0	1
Sep 22	atMissouri	W 43–⁠29	4	4	0	3
Nov 10	vs.Auburn	W 27–⁠10	0	0	0	1
Nov 17	vs.Massachusetts	W 66–⁠27	3	3	0	1
Nov 24	vs.Georgia Tech	W 45–⁠21	0	0	0	1
Dec 1	vs.Alabama	L 28–⁠35	4	2	0	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Texas	L 21–⁠28	5	4	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′0⅝″
Weight	194 lb
Arm length	32¾″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	78″
40-yard dash	4.29 s
10-yard split	1.50 s
Vertical jump	38½″
Broad jump	10′8″
Bench press	14 reps
3-cone drill	6.96 s
20-yard shuttle	4.36 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 61 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	Green Bay Packers	16	52	0	1
2022	Green Bay Packers	8	23	0	0
2023	Green Bay Packers	2	5	0	0
2024	Green Bay Packers	14	38	0	0
2025	Las Vegas Raiders	16	51	0	0
2026 (so far)	Las Vegas Raiders	5	16	1	0
NFL career		61	185	1	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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