The Draft
With the 2020 NFL Draft in the books, some Green Bay Packers fans may find themselves confused or in disagreement with the front office. General Manager Brian Gutekunst, with help from Head Coach Matt LaFleur, drafted a variety of players, listed below:
- QB Jordan Love, Utah State (Round 1, Pick 26)
- RB AJ Dillon, Boston College (Round 2, Pick 62)
- TE/FB Josiah Deguara, Cincinnati (Round 3, Pick 94)
- ILB Kamal Martin, Minnesota (Round 5, Pick 175)
- G Jon Runyan, Jr., Michigan (Round 6, Pick 192)
- C Jake Hanson, Oregon (Round 6, Pick 208)
- OT Simon Stepaniak, Indiana (Round 6, Pick 209)
- S Vernon Scott, TCU (Round 7, Pick 236)
- DE Jonathan Garvin, Miami (FL) (Round 7, Pick 242)
Undrafted Free Agents
One glaring need that was not addressed in the 2020 draft class was the wide receiver position. However, those drafted were not the only players acquired by Green Bay during this phase of the offseason. Many fail to remember another path to the NFL: undrafted free agency. As of today, April 25, 2020, thirteen other undrafted free agents have signed with the Packers, one of them being a wide receiver (to the relief of critics everywhere). They are listed below:
- LB Krys Barnes, UCLA
- S Henry Black, Baylor
- OL Travis Bruffy, Texas Tech
- DB Marc-Antoine Dequoy, Montreal
- DE Tipa Galeai, Utah State
- OL Zack Johnson, North Dakota State
- TE/FB Jordan Jones, Prairie View A&M
- DE Willington Previlon, Rutgers
- CB Stanford Samuels, Florida State
- DE Delontae Scott, Southern Methodist
- WR Darrell Stewart, Michigan State
- S Will Sunderland, Jr., Oklahoma
- RB Patrick Taylor, Jr., Memphis
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