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Packers Public Relations l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 l 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nate LoCascio VOL. XXI; NO. 1 2019 NFL DRAFT PREVIEW GREEN BAY ENTERS DRAFT WITH 10 SELECTIONS leading receiver, T Chad Clifton (second round, 2000), DE Kabeer Later this week, the Green Bay Packers will welcome another rookie class Gbaja-Biamila (fifth round, 2000), who is second in franchise his- to their roster through the NFL Draft, held April 25-27 in Nashville, Tenn. tory (since 1982) in sacks, WR Javon Walker (first round, 2002), u Armed with 10 selections, the Packers will have plenty of opportunities DE Aaron Kampman (fifth round, 2002), C Scott Wells (seventh to add more talent and depth to their roster. All picks are round, 2004), QB Aaron Rodgers (first round, 2005), S Nick eligible to be traded. Collins (second round, 2005), LB A.J. Hawk (first round, 2006), who u Green Bay enters the draft with a pick in every round, is the leading tackler in franchise history, WR Greg Jennings (sec- including two selections in the first, fourth and sixth ond round, 2006), WR Jordy Nelson (second round, 2008), G Josh rounds. Sitton (fourth round, 2008), DT B.J. Raji (first round, 2009), LB Clay u The Packers have six picks in the first four rounds of the draft. If Green Matthews (first round, 2009), who is the franchise leader in sacks, and Bay makes selections at all six spots, it will be the 13th time the Packers WR Randall Cobb (second round, 2011), who was also selected to have selected six or more players in the first four rounds of a single draft the All-Rookie Team by Pro Football Weekly/PFWA. and the most since 2008, when Green Bay made six selections. u Gutekunst was promoted to director of college scouting in 2012, a u The event will begin in prime time on Thursday night, with Round 1 on position he served in through 2015. Over that time period, Green Bay April 25 beginning at 7 p.m. CT. selected Pro Bowlers DT Mike Daniels (fourth round, 2012) who u Rounds 2-3 also will be held in prime time, beginning on Friday, April ranks No. 2 among Packers defensive tackles in sacks (since 1982), T 26, at 6 p.m. CT. Rounds 4-7 will complete the draft on Saturday, April David Bakhtiari (fourth round, 2013), who became the first Green 27, starting at 11 a.m. CT. Bay rookie to start every game at LT since the league went to a 16-game u Teams will have 10 minutes in between selections in the first round and slate in 1978 and was selected All-Pro second-team by The Associated seven minutes between each choice for Round 2. Rounds 3-6, including Press in 2016 and 2017 and first-team in 2018, RB Eddie Lacy (sec- compensatory picks, will allow up to five minutes in between picks and ond round, 2012), who was named the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Round 7, including compensatory picks, will allow four minutes. A look Year by AP, S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (first round, 2014), who was named at where Green Bay currently stands in the draft order: to PFWA’s All-Rookie team and a Pro Bowl (2016), and WR Davante Adams (second round, 2014), who has been selected to two Pro Bowls (2017-18). During that time, the Packers also drafted CB Casey Round Round # Overall # Hayward (second round, 2012), who led all NFL rookies with six INTs 1 12 12 in 2012 and became the first Packers CB to be named to the All-Rookie 1 30 30 (from N.O.) Team by Pro Football Weekly/PFWA since the team was first selected in 2 12 44 1974. 3 12 75 u In 2016-17, Gutekunst served as director of player personnel and those 4 12 114 two drafts were highlighted by the addition of DT Kenny Clark (first 4 16 118 (from Was.) round, 2016), who despite missing three games due to injury was No. 5 12 150 2 on the team with a career best six sacks and No. 3 with 73 tackles (46 solo) in 2018 while being named a Pro Bowl alternate, LB Kyler 6 12 185 (third round, 2016), who led the team with a career-best 10.5 6 22 194 (from Sea.) Fackrell sacks last season, LB Blake Martinez (fourth round, 2016), who has 7 12 226 led the team in tackles each of the past two seasons, and RBs Jamaal Williams (fourth round, 2017) and Aaron Jones (fifth round, 2017), GUTEKUNST LEADS PACKERS IN SECOND DRAFT AS GM who became the first Packers rookie duo to both register 400-plus rush- GM Brian Gutekunst enters his 21st draft with the Packers and his ing yards in a season (2017). In 2018, Jones became the first Packer to second as the general manager. lead the NFL in average yards per carry (5.47), min. 100 rush attempts. u In his first draft as general manager, Gutekunst made a couple of trades involving first-round picks that resulted in the Packers selecting CB 2019 NFL DRAFT NOTES Jaire Alexander at No. 18 and gaining Green Bay the No. 30 pick in 84th Annual NFL Player Selection Meeting, Nashville, Tenn. the 2019 draft. Alexander led the team with 15 passes defensed and was named to the 2018 NFL All-Rookie team by the PFWA. 254 total picks, including 32 compensatory choices awarded to 15 teams u Overall, Green Bay selected 11 players last year. For the first time since Thursday, April 25, 7 p.m. CT Time Limits 2006 (five), the Packers had four or more rookies start six-plus games Round 1 (3:25 in 2018) Round 1: 10 minutes in 2018 (Alexander, 11; fifth-round selection WR Marquez Valdes- Round 2: Seven minutes , 10; second-round pick CB , 10 and sixth- Friday, April 26, 6 p.m. CT Rounds 3-6: Five minutes Scantling Josh Jackson Rounds 2 & 3 (3:44 in 2018) Round 7: Four minutes round selection WR Equanimeous St. Brown, seven). The Packers had rookies play in a league-high 171 games in 2018. Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. CT Television coverage u Gutekunst spent his first 13 seasons with Green Bay as a college scout, Rounds 4-7 (6:39 in 2018) NFLN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes serving as an East Coast regional scout for two years (1999-2000) before switching to the Southeast region (2001-11). 2018 NFL Draft Total Time: 13:48 Radio coverage u During his first 13 drafts with the Packers, Gutekunst was part of a Westwood One Radio, Internet coverage SiriusXM NFL Radio, TuneIn personnel department that drafted several Pro Bowlers, including WR Packers.com, NFL.com Radio, ESPN Radio Donald Driver (seventh round, 1999), who is the team’s all-time 2019 DRAFT PREVIEW A LOOK INTO THE DRAFT ROOM Kenny Clark (2016-1), Montravius Adams (2017-3), James Looney (2018- General Manager Brian Gutekunst heads up a talented and experienced 7a) player personnel staff. u Members of the personnel staff have spent months, if not years with Linebacker (20): Brady Poppinga (2005-4b), Kurt Campbell (2005-7a), some prospects, studying for the 2019 NFL Draft. They visit schools A.J. Hawk (2006-1), Abdul Hodge (2006-3a), Desmond Bishop (2007-6b), throughout the season, attending practices, dozens of games and pro Clay Matthews (2009-1b), Brad Jones (2009-7), D.J. Smith (2011-6b), days in the spring. In each area, they have formed relationships with Ricky Elmore (2011-6c), Nick Perry (2012-1), Terrell Manning (2012-5), high school and college coaches, trying to get a better idea of who the Nate Palmer (2013-6), Sam Barrington (2013-7c), Carl Bradford (2014-4), person is, not just the football prospect. Jake Ryan (2015-4), Kyler Fackrell (2016-3), Blake Martinez (2016-4a), u Working closely with Gutekunst year-round is Director - Football Vince Biegel (2017-4a), Oren Burks (2018-3), Kendall Donnerson (2018- Operations Milt Hendrikson (15th NFL season), Co-Director of Player 7c) Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan (16th NFL season), Co-Director of Player Personnel John Wojciechowski (24th NFL season), Director Cornerback (13): Mike Hawkins (2005-5b), Will Blackmon (2006-4b), of College Scouting Matt Malaspina (22nd NFL season), National Pat Lee (2008-2c), Brandon Underwood (2009-6b), Davon House (2011- Scout Sam Seale (24th NFL season), Assistant Director of Pro 4), Casey Hayward (2012-2b), Micah Hyde (2013-5a), Demetri Goodson Scouting/Salary Camp Analyst Chad Brinker (10th NFL season), (2014-6), Damarious Randall (2015-1), Quinten Rollins (2015-2), Kevin Personnel Executive Lee Gissendaner (19th NFL season) and Senior King (2017-2a), Jaire Alexander (2018-1), Josh Jackson (2018-2) Advisor to Football Operations Ted Thompson (28th NFL season). u Members of the scouting department include college scouts Luke Safety (8): Nick Collins (2005-2a), Marviel Underwood (2005-4a), Tyrone Benuska (fourth NFL season), Joe Hueber (fifth NFL season), Culver (2006-6b), Aaron Rouse (2007-3b), Morgan Burnett (2010-3), Patrick Moore (seventh NFL season), Mike Owen (eighth NFL Jerron McMillian (2012-4b), Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2014-1), Josh Jones season), Charlie Peprah (fourth NFL season), Charles Walls (2017-2b) (seventh NFL season), Brandian Ross (third NFL season), pro scout Richmond Williams (12th NFL season) and college scouting coordi- Kicker (1): Mason Crosby (2007-6c) nator Danny Mock (32nd NFL season). Punter (1): JK Scott (2018-5b) ANALYZING THE PICKS SINCE 2005 Long Snapper (1): Hunter Bradley (2018-7b) 132 : 68 61 3 Total Picks: Offense Defense: Specialists: DRAFT PICKS BY SCHOOL POSITION-BY-POSITION Where have the 132 Packers draft picks gone to school? Note: Power 5 schools are those in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC.