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Overview
\n<\/strong>Position<\/strong>: Safety
\nHeight<\/strong>: 5’11”
\nWeight<\/strong>: 205 pounds
\nSchool<\/strong>: Mississippi State Bulldogs<\/p>\n

Combine Performance Data
\n<\/strong>40-yard dash<\/strong>: 4.45 seconds (7th among safeties)
\nBroad Jump<\/strong>: 9 feet, 8 inches<\/p>\n

Johnathan Abram 2019 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Columbia, MS is an area known for producing NFL players such as Terrell Buckley<\/a><\/strong>, Bobby Hamilton<\/a><\/strong> and the great Walter Payton<\/a><\/strong>. The city’s next NFL bound player is Mississippi State’s Johnathan Abram<\/strong>. Abram went on to attend East Mason High Scool and was a dominant two-way player. He served as the team’s starting safety and starting quarterback for two years and led his team to the state semifinals his senior season. Abram recorded 88 tackles, five interceptions and two forced fumbles along with 1,288 rushing yards, 1,737 passing yards and 40 total touchdowns. He also played three years of baseball while at East Mason but wound up choosing football to pursue long term.<\/p>\n

Abram was a three-star recruit according to ESPN and Scout.com and the Mississippi Native eventually chose to attend the University of Georgia. He enrolled early in 2015 and wound up starting five games as a freshman for the Bulldogs. He recorded 25 total tackles in\u00a02015 but at the end of that season, Mark Richt<\/strong> was fired which disappointed\u00a0Abram. Georgia’s then-defensive coordinator and secondary coach Gabe Pruitt\u00a0<\/strong>left to take the same position at Alabama which resulted in Abram walking away from the program.<\/p>\n

Abram went on to play one season at Jones County Junior College in Mississippi and recorded 25 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble. Abram was ranked as the number one junior college safety at the end of the season and he eventually committed to Mississippi State. In 2017, Abram played in all 13 games and made seven starts for the Bulldogs defense. He finished second on the team with 71 tackles including five tackles for loss, two sacks, five pass deflections, and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n

On a very talented Bulldogs defense in 2018, Abram led the unit with 99 total tackles and recorded nine tackles for loss, three sacks, two interceptions, and five pass deflections. Abram went on to be named to first-team All-SEC, third team All-American by the Associated Press and received an invitation to the 2019 Reese’s Senior Bowl.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h2>\n