NASHVILLE – The Titans picked a big man in the first round of Thursday night's NFL Draft in Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson.
Now, the 6-foot-6, 350-pounder is ready to make his mark on the football field.
"I think the best part of my game is I am physical, and I enjoy beating people up," Wilson said on a conference call Thursday night. "I enjoy running the ball, I enjoy trying to essentially break another man's will. I would say that is my strong suit. … I just want to beat people up (on the football field) and I am looking forward to it. I am ready to work to be the best Titan I can be."
Wilson, taken with the 29th overall pick, said he's happy to be a Titan.
"I know it's a team with a great culture," Wilson said. "They want to win, they do win. They like to run the ball and pound people, and they throw the ball as well. I am just happy to be a part of the (Titans) family. I love the culture there, and I want to be a part of it. And I'm ready to do whatever the team needs to succeed and win. I am ready to work for Tennessee."
Wilson was an All-SEC second team performer for the Bulldogs in 2019 after playing in 11 games, starting 10. He was the co-winner of Offensive "Up Front" Award, given at team's post-season awards gala.
Wilson played every offensive snap last season vs. Kentucky, Florida, Auburn and Texas A&M and he played over 95 percent of offensive snaps in three others: Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Missouri. He missed the Murray State and Arkansas games due to injury but returned to action vs. Notre Dame.
He was on the Outland Trophy Watch List.
Titans general manager Jon Robinson said he expects Wilson to compete with veteran Dennis Kelly, re-signed last month, at right tackle. The Titans lost Jack Conklin, last year's starter at right tackle, to the Browns in free agency.
"He's a big man and he's a tough guy to get out of the way of," Robinson said of Wilson. "He has excellent power to move the line of scrimmage in the run game and he is tough to get around in the pass game. … He'll compete at right tackle, we'll plug him in there, and him and Dennis will battle that out. He has some things he has to work on, but we really, really like the upside of this guy."
Added Titans coach Mike Vrabel: "He's a massive player that we're excited to start working with as soon as we can."
In 2018, Wilson was named to the Football Writers Association of America freshman All-America Team, and the 2018 Coaches Freshman All-SEC Team after starting all 14 games at right tackle. He played on 95 percent of Georgia's offensive snaps during Georgia's eight SEC games, including every snap in the last four conference games. He was named co-winner of the Offensive Most Improved Player award, given at team's post-season awards gala.
With the Titans, Wilson said he wants to contribute right out of the gate. He'd love to pave the way for running back Derrick Henry and quarterback Ryan Tannehill as a rookie.
"It is special," Wilson said of being picked by the Titans. "I am extremely grateful for the opportunity and I am ready to win. I am sure I am going to learn a lot of great things from Derrick Henry about run blocking, about where he expects his holes to be as a back who has been in the league for years. Ryan Tannehill can definitely teach me certain things about protection and things of that nature. I definitely plan on learning from those guys and bettering my game off of those guys and polishing up what I do and try and be the best player for the team. … I am going to compete my hardest and do whatever the team needs me to do to win games."
The Titans are scheduled to make two more picks on Friday – one in the second round (pick No.61) and one in the third round (No.93).
On Saturday, the Titans are scheduled to make four picks – one in the fifth round (No.174) and three in the seventh round (No. 224, No. 237, No. 243).
"We have a couple of more rounds here over the next couple of days," Robinson said, "and we'll continue to build. But we're excited about the start that we're off to. ... We'll get back in the ring tomorrow night and keep punching at this thing."
The Titans select Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson in first round (29th overall) of 2020 NFL Draft. (AP Photos)
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2019, file photo, Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson (79) moves in position against Vanderbilt during an NCAA college football game in Nashville, Tenn. Wilson was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the NFL draft. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen, File)
Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson (79) moves in position against the Vanderbilt Commodores during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson celebrates a Georgia win over Auburn in the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game in Atlanta. Wilson has been working with Georgia's first-team offense at right tackle for much of preseason camp as the Bulldogs attempt to replace New England Patriots first-round draft pick Isaiah Wynn, who was the starting left tackle last season. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson runs a drill during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Indianapolis. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson prepares to run the 40-yard dash during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Indianapolis. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Wilson is a possible pick in the NFL Draft which runs Thursday, April 23, 2020, thru Saturday, April 25. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Indianapolis. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Indianapolis. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks to the media during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks to the media during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks to the media during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks to the media during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson speaks to the media during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Indianapolis. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
Tennesseetitans.com looks back at all of the first-round draft picks in franchise history.
Tennesseetitans.com looks back at all of the first-round draft picks in franchise history.
2019 | Round 1 | Pick: 19 | DT Jeffery Simmons - Mississippi State
2018 | Round 1 | Pick: 22 | LB Rashaan Evans - Alabama
2017 | Round 1 | Pick: 5 | WR Corey Davis - Western Michigan
2017 | Round 1 | Pick: 18 | CB Adoree' Jackson - USC
2016 | Round 1 | Pick: 8 | OT Jack Conklin - Michigan State
2015 | Round 1 | Pick: 2 | QB Marcus Mariota - Oregon
2014 | Round 1 | Pick: 11 | OT Taylor Lewan - Michigan
2013 | Round 1 | Pick: 10 | G Chance Warmack - Alabama
2012 | Round 1 | Pick: 20 | WR Kendall Wright - Baylor
2011 | Round 1 | Pick: 8 | QB Jake Locker - Washington
2010 | Round 1 | Pick: 16 | DE Derrick Morgan - Georgia Tech
2009 | Round 1 | Pick: 30 | WR Kenny Britt - Rutgers
2008 | Round 1 | Pick: 24 | RB Chris Johnson - East Carolina
2007 | Round 1 | Pick: 19 | S Michael Griffin - Texas
2006 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | QB Vince Young - Texas
2005 | Round 1 | Pick: 6 | CB Adam Jones - West Virginia
2003 | Round 1 | Pick: 28 | CB Andre Woolfolk - Oklahoma
2002 | Round 1 | Pick: 15 | DT Albert Haynesworth - Tennessee
2000 | Round 1 | Pick: 30 | LB Keith Bulluck - Syracuse
1999 | Round 1 | Pick: 16 | DE Jevon Kearse - Florida
1998 | Round 1 | Pick: 16 | WR Kevin Dyson - Utah
1997 | Round 1 | Pick: 18 | Kenny Holmes - Miami (Fla.)
1996 | Round 1 | Pick: 14 | RB Eddie George - Ohio State
1995 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | QB Steve McNair - Alcorn State
1994 | Round 1 | Pick: 26 | DT Henry Ford - Arkansas
1993 | Round 1 | Pick: 13 | T Brad Hopkins - Illinois
1990 | Round 1 | Pick: 15 | LB Lamar Lathon - Houston
1989 | Round 1 | Pick: 23 | T David Williams - Florida
1988 | Round 1 | Pick: 22 | RB Lorenzo White - Michigan State
1987 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | RB Alonzo Highsmith - Miami
1987 | Round 1 | Pick: 20 | WR Haywood Jeffires - North Carolina State
1986 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | QB Jim Everett - Purdue
1985 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | DT Ray Childress - Texas A&M
1985 | Round 1 | Pick: 11 | CB Richard Johnson - Wisconsin
1984 | Round 1 | Pick: 2 | T Dean Steinkuhler - Nebraska
1983 | Round 1 | Pick: 9 | G Bruce Matthews - USC
1982 | Round 1 | Pick: 8 | G Mike Munchak - Penn State
1978 | Round 1 | Pick: 1 | RB Earl Campbell - Texas
1977 | Round 1 | Pick: 11 | T Morris Towns - Missouri
1975 | Round 1 | Pick: 6 | LB Robert Brazille - Jackson State
1975 | Round 1 | Pick: 15 | RB Don Hardeman - Texas AM-Kingsville
1973 | Round 1 | Pick: 14 | RB George Amundson - Iowa State
1973 | Round 1 | Pick: 1 | DE John Matuszak - Tampa
1972 | Round 1 | Pick: 6 | OT Greg Sampson - Stanford
1971 | Round 1 | Pick: 3 | QB Dan Pastorini - Santa Clara
1970 | Round 1 | Pick: 14 | G Doug Wilkerson - North Carolina Central
1969 | Round 1 | Pick: 15 | LB Ron Pritchard - Arizona State
1967 | Round 1 | Pick: 5 | LB George Webster - Michigan State
1967 | Round 1 | Pick: 23 | G Tom Regner - Notre Dame
1966 | Round 1 | Pick: 5 | LB Tommy Nobis - Texas
1965 | Round 1 | Pick: 2 | WR Larry Elkins - Baylor
1964 | Round 1 | Pick: 6 | DT Scott Appleton - Texas
1963 | Round 1 | Pick: 6 | LB Danny Brabham - Arkansas
1962 | Round 1 | Pick: 7 | DT Ray Jacobs - Howard Payne
1961 | Round 1 | Pick: 8 | TE Mike Ditka - Pittsburgh
1960 | Round 1 | Pick: 1 | HB Billy Cannon - LSU
