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Who Did the Green Bay Packers Select in the 2025 NFL Draft?
The Green Bay Packers selected Matthew Golden (WR, Texas) with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Packers also selected:
- Anthony Belton (OT, NC State)
- Savion Williams (WR, TCU)
- Barryn Sorrell (EDGE, Texas)
- Collin Oliver (LB, Oklahoma State)
- Warren Brinson (DL, Georgia)
- Micah Robinson (CB, Tulane)
- John Williams (OT, Cincinnati)
Green Bay Packers Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2025
- Defensive Line
- Wide Receiver
- Edge Rusher
What Picks Do the Green Bay Packers Have in 2025?
The Green Bay Packers have 8 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (23)
- Round 2 (54)
- Round 3 (87)
- Round 4 (124)
- Round 5 (159)
- Round 6 (198)
- Round 7 (237)
- Round 7 (250)
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Green Bay Packers 2025 Draft Capital Stats
The Packers have the 23rd-most draft capital according to our Sharp Football Draft Value.
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Green Bay Packers Draft Value vs. Other Teams:
The Packers’ draft value is 14% lower than the league average of all 32 teams.
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Green Bay Packers Strength of Schedule, 2025
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Green Bay Packers Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the Green Bay Packers, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Quarterback Depth Chart, Packers:
- Jordan Love
- Malik Willis
- Sean Clifford
The 2024 season was an up-and-down one for Jordan Love.
First, he dealt with multiple injuries.
He suffered an MCL sprain at the end of the Week 1 game with the Eagles, which sidelined him for two weeks.
He then suffered a groin injury that forced him out of Week 8.
In Week 18, an elbow sprain removed him from the game.
The Packers also had an approach that made Love resemble Russell Wilson.
The Packers' dropback rate was 31st, but when they did throw, Love took layups or threw the rock downfield.
Love threw the ball at the intermediate levels only 16.9% of the time (23rd) and threw deep 16.0%, the second-highest rate in the league behind Anthony Richardson (22.7%).
As a result, his 63.1% completion rate was 29th in the league.
However, due to the types of throws he was taking, his expected completion rate was 64.6%, 33rd in the league.
Love still sported a 5.9% touchdown rate, which was higher than his rate in 2023 (5.5%).
He averaged 8.0 yards per attempt, up from the 7.2 Y/A he had last season.
Love is in the middle of a contract with him on the books through 2028.
Malik Willis made multiple appearances last season and played the best football of his career under Green Bay's management.
Green Bay won both of the games Willis started.
In his appearances, Willis completed 74.1% of his passes (40 of 54) for 10.2 yards per attempt with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Over his first two seasons in Tennessee, Willis completed just 53% of his throws (35 of 66) for 5.3 Y/A, 0 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions.
Running Back Depth Chart, Packers:
- Josh Jacobs
- Marshawn Lloyd
- Emanuel Wilson
- Chris Brooks
Josh Jacobs turned in a strong campaign with the Packers, accruing 337 touches for 1,671 yards and 16 touchdowns.
After only 3.9% of his runs gained 10 or more yards in 2023 with the Raiders, that rate spiked to 11.0% last season in Green Bay.
24.3% of Jacobs's runs resulted in a first down or touchdown, the second highest career rate.
He scored a touchdown on the ground in eight consecutive games to close the regular season, with 12 touchdowns in total over that span.
He rushed for only 4.0 YPC over that span but has amassed so much work (20 touches per game) and gotten into the end zone so much that it has made up for the lack of efficient runs to close the year.
It may not have been the plan to have Jacobs handle so many touches, but how things played out with the depth chart pushed that workload.
Marshawn Lloyd only played 10 offensive snaps after the team selected him in the third round.
Both Emmanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks were efficient when they spelled Jacobs.
Wilson turned 114 touches into 550 yards (4.8 yards per touch) and 5 touchdowns.
Brooks handled 47 touches for 252 yards (5.4 YPT) and a touchdown.
Green Bay has restricted free agent rights to both backs next offseason.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Packers:
- Jayden Reed
- Romeo Doubs
- Dontayvion Wicks
- Christian Watson
- Mecole Hardman
- Malik Heath
- Bo Melton
- Lideatrick Griffin
- Julian Hicks
- Cornelius Johnson
Green Bay targeted their wide receivers 65.9% of the time in 2024, sixth in the league.
However, because their passing offense was so low-volume overall, their wideouts collectively ranked 20th in the league in targets.
Their wideouts combined for 187 receptions (22nd), 2,681 yards (14th), and 19 touchdowns (8th).
Jayden Reed ended his second season with 1,020 yards from scrimmage and 7 touchdowns.
He had more receiving yards (857) this past season than he had as a rookie (793) despite seeing 19 fewer targets than in 2023.
While Reed’s top-down production was solid, he had a quiet close to the season as the Green Bay passing game down throttled.
Reed only had 19 receptions for 237 yards over the season's final eight games.
He had more than 55 yards receiving in two of his final 12 games.
Reed had more than 3 receptions in only two games from Week 7 on.
Reed was still efficient overall, averaging 2.23 yards per route (18th among wide receivers).
The problem was that his role in the offense limited his overall route participation, paired with Green Bay's swerving run-heavy style.
Playing 71.7% of his snaps from the slot, Reed ended up on the field for only 73.9% of the team dropbacks.
Despite playing one more game last season than as a rookie, Reed ended up running one fewer pass route than he did as a rookie.
Romeo Doubs averaged 3.5 receptions for 46.2 yards per game in his third season, tacking on 4 touchdowns.
Doubs is in the final season of his rookie contract.
Christian Watson is also in the final season of his rookie contract.
Watson's situation is more complicated because he is expected to miss a chunk of the upcoming season due to an ACL injury he suffered in Week 18.
Without Watson on the field last season, Jordan Love averaged 7.0 yards per attempt compared to 8.8 Y/A with Watson on the field.
With Watson’s availability unknown, Dontayvion Wicks will be expected to step up.
With Watson sidelined, Wicks was on the field for 84.8% of the team dropbacks, leading the team with 24.8% of the targets.
With Watson sidelined, Wicks was targeted on 25.9% of his routes compared to 20.1% for Reed and 17.7% for Doubs.
Wicks only posted 1.33 yards per route run on those snaps but did have 5 touchdowns.
Wicks ranked fourth among all wide receivers in ESPN’s Open Score last season.
Drops were his undoing, putting 9 of his 80 targets on the ground, including the postseason.
That 18% drop rate was the highest among wide receivers last season.
Wicks still has two years left on his current contract.
Only Wicks and Reed are under contract beyond 2025, which again puts wide receiver on the board for Green Bay.
After this season, the team has restricted rights to Bo Melton and Malik Heath.
Tight End Depth Chart, Packers:
- Tucker Kraft
- Luke Musgrave
- Ben Sims
- Messiah Swinson
- Johnny Lumpkin
- John FitzPatrick
Tucker Kraft had a breakout in his second season, catching 50 of 70 targets for 707 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Kraft averaged 14.1 yards per catch, second among tight ends behind George Kittle (14.2).
Like Kittle, Kraft was great after the catch.
He had 456 yards after the catch (TE5) and a league-high 9.1 yards after the catch per reception.
Kraft was also more involved when the Packers got near the end zone.
He had 21.1% of the team targets in the red zone (TE12).
Kraft and Luke Musgrave have two years left on their rookie contracts.
2024 was close to a lost season for Musgrave.
He appeared in only 7 games, playing 31% of the snaps after 66% as a rookie in 2023.
As a result, Musgrave caught only 7 passes for 45 yards.
Offensive Line Depth Chart, Packers:
LT: Rasheed Walker, Kadeem Telfort
LG: Aaron Banks, Donovan Jennings
C: Elgton Jenkins, Jacob Monk, Trey Hill
RG: Sean Rhyan, Jordan Morgan, Marquis Hayes
RT: Zach Tom, Travis Glover
The Packers had the most fortune in terms of injuries up front last season.
Their most frequent combination on the line was on the field for 80.8% of the snaps, the highest rate in the league.
They are returning four starters from last season, but have some juggling up front.
With Josh Myers leaving the team in free agency, the team plans to move Elgton Jenkins to center in his place.
With Jenkins moving to center, the team added Aaron Banks on a four-year contract to play left guard.
This could be a potential downgrade since Jenkins was so good at left guard.
He allowed a 3.2% pressure rate (15th among guards) and had the highest pass protection grade among guards per Pro Football Focus.
Banks was 55th, allowing a 5.3% pressure rate (52nd).
Banks and Jenkins are signed for multiple seasons, but the rest of the starting unit's contracts expire after this upcoming season.
Zach Tom, Rasheed Walker, and Sean Rhyan are all unrestricted free agents after 2025.
Tom is the big name here. He has become one of the better tackles in the league.
Tom was fourth in overall grade among tackles per PFF.
Green Bay did select Jacob Monk (fifth round) and Travis Glover (sixth round) last season as contractual depth in preparation for potentially losing some pieces down the line, but adding bodies up front is in play.
Green Bay Packers Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Raymond Summerlin breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the Green Bay Packers, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Defensive Line Depth Chart, Packers:
- Kenny Clark
- Devonte Wyatt
- Karl Brooks
- Colby Wooden
- Nesta Jade Silvera
- James Ester
- Leonard Payne
- Keith Randolph
Green Bay’s defensive front was strong in 2024, allowing 4.1 yards per carry to running backs (7th) and 0.95 yards before contact on average to RBs (4th).
T.J. Slaton left in free agency, which is a concern as they look to repeat those run defense numbers, but the rest of the 2024 rotation is back.
Kenny Clark is the standout of this group, finishing last season with 10 run stuffs but surprisingly struggling to get after the quarterback.
Those struggles are a concern given that they came in his first season with DC Jeff Hafley.
It will be interesting to see if he can bounce back.
Devonte Wyatt picked up the slack there, getting 5 sacks with a 13.5% pressure rate on limited snaps, but he has not quite lived up to the billing as a 2022 first-round pick.
The Packers have an interesting decision to make on his fifth-year option.
If they decline it, which seems to be the most likely outcome, he will hit free agency next spring.
Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden rounded out the rotation.
Brooks did pop up for 3.5 sacks, but neither player made a major impact in 2024.
Green Bay could use an addition here with Slaton no longer on the roster, and they could arguably use a high-end addition depending on their plans for Clark and Wyatt.
EDGE Depth Chart, Packers:
- Rashan Gary
- Kingsley Enagbare
- Lukas Van Ness
- Brenton Cox Jr.
- Aaron Mosby
- Deslin Alexandre
- Jeremiah Martin
The Packers finished eighth with 45 sacks and 13th in pressure rate (35.2%).
While those overall numbers are good, no one stood out as a pass rusher (Rashan Gary led the team with 7.5 sacks), and it was not the most consistent unit in the league.
While Gary did get those 7.5 sacks, his 11.9% pressure rate ranked 45th among qualified pass rushers.
Kingsley Enagbare struggled more, finishing with 4.5 sacks with a 9.1% pressure rate.
That rate would have ranked 80th if Enagbare had enough pass rushes to qualify.
A 2023 first-round pick, Lukas Van Ness has a career 9.5% pressure rate and 7 sacks despite not missing any time due to injury.
Both Enagbare and Van Ness did contribute well in the running game, but Green Bay needs more from them as rushers.
Green Bay could also be hoping for more from Brenton Cox, who had four sacks and a massive 18.1% pressure rate last season, albeit on a very small sample.
Van Ness and Cox taking a step forward would put this unit in a good spot, but it is far from guaranteed that either will be able to take that step.
Especially with Enagbare headed to free agency after this year, adding someone on the edge makes sense.
Linebacker Depth Chart, Packers:
- Edgerrin Cooper
- Quay Walker
- Isaiah McDuffie
- Ty’Ron Hopper
- Kristian Welch
Edgerrin Cooper took a little bit of time to establish himself as a rookie, but he was a major factor when on the field in 2024.
Despite limited snaps, Cooper recorded 14 run stuffs and had a tackle on 22% of his run defense snaps.
That rate ranked 14th among qualified linebackers.
Quay Walker played the most snaps in this group last season and continued to be more fine than great.
He did rank 27th among qualified linebackers in yards allowed per coverage snap, and he tied for second on the team with 10 run stuffs.
Eric Wilson left in free agency, but Isaiah McDuffie is back after setting a new career high with 699 snaps last season.
McDuffie was bad in coverage last season, allowing 5 touchdowns and a 126.6 quarterback rating.
They are likely fine here for 2025, but the Packers have a decision to make on Walker’s fifth-year option.
Cornerback Depth Chart, Packers:
- Nate Hobbs
- Keisean Nixon
- Carrington Valentine
- Jaire Alexander
- Kalen King
- Kamal Hadden
- Kaleb Hayes
- Isaiah Dunn
The Packers did well against the pass overall in 2024, finishing 13th in yards allowed per attempt (7.0), ninth in total passing touchdowns allowed (23rd), and 11th in touchdown rate allowed (4.1%).
They also had some elite numbers, finishing second in EPA per pass allowed and third with 17 interceptions.
Green Bay had that success despite Jaire Alexander playing in just seven games for the second season in a row.
He was fine but not a standout even when on the field last year, and it seems like Alexander’s time in Green Bay is nearing an end.
Perhaps with that in mind, the Packers signed Nate Hobbs to a four-year, $48 million contract in free agency.
Hobbs has primarily played in the slot throughout his career, allowing 6.3 yards per target and an 87.2 quarterback rating in coverage for the Raiders last year.
Keisean Nixon has seen time in the slot during his career, as well, but he played more on the outside last year.
Nixon is coming off a solid season in which he finished 14th among qualifying corners in yards allowed per coverage snap.
That versatility from Hobbs and Nixon, being able to play inside and outside, should all Jeff Hafley to get creative with his personnel packages, especially after S Javon Bullard took snaps as a slot corner to close his rookie season.
Assuming Alexander is gone, Carrington Valentine should be the favorite for the other starting job.
He finished 35th among qualifying corners in yards allowed per coverage snap a season ago.
Green Bay did lose several players in free agency, which raises depth concerns should Alexander walk, and it is fair to wonder if they have a real No. 1 option.
Overall, though, this does not stick out as a major need.
Safety Depth Chart, Packers:
- Xavier McKinney
- Evan Williams
- Javon Bullard
- Kitan Oladapo
- Zayne Anderson
- Omar Brown
The Packers made a splash signing of Xavier McKinney last offseason, and that paid off in his first season with the team.
McKinney finished with 8 interceptions, one off the league lead, and earned his first All Pro selection.
With that safety spot seemingly set for several years, the Packers just need to figure out who will play next to him.
2024 second-round pick Javon Bullard and 2024 fourth-round pick Evan Williams both saw significant work as rookies, with Williams getting more time later in the year as Bullard transitioned into more of a slot corner role.
Williams did well in coverage, finishing 29th among qualified safeties in yards allowed per coverage snap.
Bullard did not fare as well, but the team is certainly not going to give up on the second-round pick.
It will be interesting to see how the defensive staff decides to use Bullard given the addition of Nate Hobbs, but either way, the Packers seem to be set here.
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