The Green Bay Packers will kickoff their 2023 season 71 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 #71- Nick Collins
There is little question that the best player to wear #36 for the Packers is Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler. If not for a career-ending neck injury, though, Nick Collins may have made a run for that title.
A second round pick (51st overall selection) by the Packers in 2005, Collins was named Second Team All Pro three times and was a three time Pro Bowl selection. Each of these achievements came between 2008-2010.
In 2008, Collins had a career-high seven interceptions. He returned these for a NFL-leading 295 yards and three touchdowns. Of course, his most famous pick-six occurred in the first quarter of the Packers Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Overall, Collins had 21 interceptions in his short NFL career and finished with an AV of 53. There is little doubt that, had he not gotten hurt, he would be much higher on this list and, possibly, in the Hall of Fame himself.
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
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