Champ Bailey is (arguably) the best active Georgia-born player in the league.
(source: YardBarker)

During the interminable offseason, we bloggers/writers/media often have to reach for topics to cover. Sure, some teams have the good fortune of having a player holdout or a star get arrested but for those of us who belong to the Falcons community, Summertime can be brutal.

With Ray Charles on my mind, I thought it would be interesting (perhaps only to me) how many NFL players – active and retired – were born in Georgia.

Hit the jump for the many factoids.

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