The Green Bay Packers will kickoff their 2023 season 69 days from now against the Chicago Bears. In celebration of a new era of Packers football and in anticipation for the upcoming season, Wisconsin Sports Heroics will present the top 100 players in franchise history in the 100 days leading up to the start of the regular season. Our rankings are based on Pro Football References Approximate Value stat, which gives a numeric value to each season a player plays in.
Green Bay Packers Greatest Player #69- Johnny Holland
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Johnny Holland was drafted by the Packers in the second round (41st overall pick) in the 1987 NFL Draft. He went on to play his entire seven-year career with the Packers and helped usher in a new standard for the defense.
An outside linebacker, Holland was a prolific tackler, accumulating over 100 tackles six seasons in a row from 1988 through 1993. In seven seasons, Holland never had an AV under seven, finishing his career with 54.
Following his playing career, Holland joined Mike Holmgren’s coaching staff. He held roles of defensive quality control coach, special teams coach, and linebackers coach. Of course, this means he was on the coaching staff that led Green Bay to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances in 1997 and 1998.
Holland followed Holmgren to Seattle and since has coached with the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, and Houston Texans. He is currently the linebackers coach for the feared San Francisco 49ers defense.
Green Bay Packers Greatest Players List
- #100- Daryn Colledge
- #99- Mike Butler
- #98- Bernardo Harris
- #97- Tyrone Williams
- #96- Dick Himes
- #95- Mason Crosby
- #94- Mike McCoy
- #93- Gilbert Brown
- #92- Ryan Pickett
- #91- Ron Kostelnik
- #90- Earl Dotson
- #89- Paul Hornung
- #88- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
- #87- Robert Brooks
- #86- Ken Bowman
- #85- Edgar Bennett
- #84- Jesse Whittenton
- #83- Tim Harris
- #82- Gerry Ellis
- #81- Jim Carter
- #80- Willie Buchanon
- #79- James Jones
- #78- Al Harris
- #77- Santana Dotson
- #76- Bill Forester
- #75- Kenny Clark
- #74- Dorsey Levens
- #73- George Koonce
- #72- Ezra Johnson
- #71- Nick Collins
- #70- Clarence Williams
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