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- Slaton (sixth-round pick) and cornerback Eric Stokes (seventh-round pick) leaving, but those losses in free agency were offset by Green Bay signing guard Aaron Banks and cornerback Nate Hobbs. As of right now, the current projections have the Packers owning the Mr.
- Irrelevant pick, the final selection of the draft, with the seventh-round compensatory pick the team should receive for losing Eric Wilson. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPackers’ 2027 draft picksIn 2027, the team holds all their original selections other than their first-round pick (Parsons trade) and their seventh-round pick (Darian Kinnard trade).
- Depending on who they re-sign, they could add the following selections, based on contract projections for their upcoming free agents:4th round pick: LT Rasheed Walker5th round pick: LB Quay Walker5th round pick: WR Romeo Doubs5th round pick: QB Malik Willis6th round pick: C/G Sean Rhyan6th/7th round pick: DE Kingsley EnagbareThe Packers will only be awarded a maximum of four compensatory draft picks in 2027 for losses in 2026 unrestricted free agency.
- Don’t expect the team to do much in free agency, no matter who the coach is in 2026, because of their cap situation and the way they’ll want to protect those compensatory selections.52nd overall picks – draft historyHere’s a list of the last decade of players who were taken 52nd overall. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2025: TEN – Oluwafemi Oladeji, ED (started 2 games as a rookie)2024: IND – Adonai Mitchell, WR (traded to Jets)2023: SEA – Zach Charbonennet, RB (started 8 games in 3 years)2022: PIT – George Pickens, WR (traded to Cowboys)2021: CLE – Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB (starter)2020: LAR – Cam Akers, RB (17 starts, on 5th team)2019: CIN – Drew Sample, TE (starter)2018: IND – Kemoko Turay, ED (3 starts, out of league since 2024)2017: CLE – DeShone Kizer, QB (15 starts as a rookie, out of league since 2021)2016: ATL – Deion Jones, LB (91 starts, 5th team)If the Packers make the 52nd overall pick, it will be the seventh time in club history that they’ve done so.
- Here are the other players that they’ve taken in the slot.1936: T Bob Reynolds (2 years as a starter)1947: B Dick Conners (0 years as a starter)1951: B Wade Stinson (0 years as a starter)1952: DT Dave Hanner (2 Pro Bowls, 11 years as a starter)1965: B Wally Mahle (0 years as a starter)2006: WR Greg Jennings (2 Pro Bowls, 7 years as a starter)Under general manager Ted Thompson and Brian Gutekunst, here’s how many games the Packers’ rookie second-round picks have started over time:2005, #51: S Nick Collins, 16 starts2005, #58: WR Terrence Murphy, 02006, #47: OL Daryn Colledge, 152006, #52: WR Greg Jennings, 112007, #63: RB Brandon Jackson, 32008, #36: WR Jordy Nelson, 22008, #56: QB Brian Brohm, 02008, #60: CB Pat Lee, 02010, #56: ED Mike Ne.
