The Green Bay Packers wide receiver core will be one of the best cores entering the 2024 season. A season ago, there was a lot of uncertainty in the wide receiver position. There was a lot of growth and development at the position.
They did not have a single wide receiver go over 1,000 yards a season ago, but they have a chance to have at least one or two wide receivers achieve that milestone this NFL season. The Green Bay Packers have four reliable wide receivers on the roster.
Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Dontayvion Wicks Is Named One of the Most Underrated Players By Pro Football Focus
Zoltan Buday of Pro Football Focus named the most underrated players entering training camp for the 2024 NFL season for each NFL team. He decided to choose Dontayvion Wicks for the Green Bay Packers. The reasoning that Buday gave as to why Wicks is the most underrated player on Green Bay is as follows:
“There are multiple candidates here, considering the Packers’ young, ascending offense, but second-year receiver Dontayvion Wicks finished as Green Bay’s highest-graded receiver in 2023 (77.8). The then-rookie was playing at a high level toward the second half of the season, earning an 83.6 PFF overall grade from Week 11 onward, which ranked 10th among wide receivers. He caught 95.1% of his catchable targets in 2023, which ranked second among all wide receivers.”
Wicks last season for the Packers caught 39 passes for 581 yards receiving and four touchdowns. He averaged 14.9 yards per catch. Dontayvion Wicks was targeted 58 times by quarterback Jordan Love. During the postseason, Dontayvion Wicks caught two passes for 25 yards receiving and one touchdown. He averaged 12.5 yards per reception and was targeted four times.
At the moment, he is listed with the second unit on the Packers depth chart. Bo Melton and Malik Heath are the other wide receivers on the second unit. As for the first unit, it is Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, and Jayden Reed. Those three are ahead of Wicks.
If one of the top wide receivers gets hurt again this season, expect Dontayvion Wicks to have an increased role in the offense. It is a total log jam at the wide receiver position for the Green Bay Packers. As a fifth-round selection from Virginia in the 2023 NFL Draft, it is no surprise that he has worked hard at his craft.
