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USA250: 10 greatest college athletes from Georgia The Peach State features some of the sweetest athletes in the history of college sports.
Georgia and Georgia Tech dominate the scene as the top two of the six institutions that compete in Division I.
And it's unsurprising that the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets dominate the conversation when considering the best 10 players in state history.
Georgia features numerous football stars, including two Heisman Trophy winners.
Georgia Tech a school where John Heisman coached has some elite gridiron standouts and baseball players that dominated the diamond.
Those two sports occupy most of the spots on our list, but there are others from some elite performers in Olympic sports.
Here's a look at the top 10 greatest college athletes to ever play in the state of Georgia as part of the USA TODAY Sports USA 250 initiative: 10 greatest college athletes from Georgia Herschel Walker, Georgia The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, Walker is considered one of the greatest running backs in college football history.
He rushed for more than 5,000 yards and led UGA to a 33-3 record in his three season at Athens.
Also a track All-American, Walker led the Bulldogs to a national title in 1980 as a freshman.
He rushed for 1,752 yards and 16 touchdowns in his junior season, leading Georgia to an undefeated regular season before a loss to Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.
Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech A first-ballot College Football Hall of Fame pick, Johnson was unstoppable at Georgia Tech.
In three seasons, Megatron posted 2,927 receiving yards and 28 touchdowns, while averaging 16.4 yards per catch.
He won ACC Player of the Year and the Biletnikoff Award as a junior, catching 76 passes for 1,202 yards and 15 touchdowns.
USA 250 LISTS:Alaska | Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia Charley Trippi, Georgia A halfback, quarterback and punter for the Bulldogs, Trippi was the MVP in Georgia's 1943 Rose Bowl win and returned after serving in World War II to help the Bulldogs go unbeaten and win the national championship in 1946.
He won the Maxwell Award, SEC Player of the Year and was the Heisman runner-up.
He was also a baseball All-American at Georgia.
Jason Varitek, Georgia Tech A three-time All-American, Varitek hit over .400 three consecutive seasons and holds school records for career hits (351), doubles (82), home runs (57), and RBIs (251), runs scored (261) and total bases (610).
He won led the Yellow Jackets to the 1994 College World Series and won the Golden Spikes and Dick Howser awards as the nation's best player.
Dominique Wilkins, Georgia The only male Bulldogs basketball player with his jersey retired, Wilkins has the top two scoring seasons in UGA history (732 points in 1980-81 and 659 points in 1981-82).
He was a two-time All-American and 1981 SEC Player of the Year and was the school's all-time scoring leader at the time he left for the NBA.
Gordon Beckham, Georgia Beckham led the Bulldogs to the College World Series twice (2006, 2008) and was SEC Player of the Year and All-American his junior season, when he set a school record for home runs in a season (28).
Georgia awards the Gordon Beckham Award as its team MVP annually.
Courtney Kupets Carter, Georgia In her four years in Athens, she won four team national championships (2006-09), eight SEC event titles, nine NCAA individual titles and was a 15-time All-American.
She was Team MVP in 2006 and 2009, and won the Honda Award in 2007 and 2009.
Kupets Carter was the first gymnast to win individual NCAA championships on all four events and the all-around title.
Edwin Moses, Morehouse He set a world record in the 400 hurdles at the 1976 Summer Olympics while studying physics and industrial engineering.
He won 117 of his 119 career races and was ranked as one of the top 25 greatest HBCU athletes by Andscape.
Morehouse didn't have a track during Moses' college career.
Now, the school's track is named after him.
Adrian Peterson, Georgia Southern A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the other Adrian Peterson was an absolute star at the Division I-AA level.
He rushed for an NCAA record 9,145 yards and 111 touchdowns and helped the Eagles capture two national championships.
He won the Walter Payton Award in 1999 and finished in the top three in voting in all four of his seasons.
Allison Schmitt, Georgia Schmitt won 11 individual NCAA titles and lead the Bulldogs to the 2013 women's swimming and diving national championship.
A 21-time All-American, Schmitt was named UGA's top female athlete three times and the four-time Olympian owns 10 Olympic medals, including gold in the 200 freestyle at the 2012 London Games.
Others under consideration: Nomar Garciaparra (Georgia Tech); Mark Teixeira (Georgia Tech); Audra Thomas (Kennesaw State); Kyle Lewis (Mercer); David Pollock (Georgia); Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech).