Green Bay drafted a pass-rushing defensive tackle in the first round of our mock
With the 23rd overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers select…Derrick Harmon, defensive tackle out of Oregon. That’s who you voted for in the first round of our Mock Draft 1.0.
At 6’5” and 313 pounds with a 4.95-second 40-yard dash speed, the defensive tackle certainly has the athleticism that the Packers look for in defensive linemen. At his size, he can play either nose tackle or three-technique, which should help Green Bay sort out its future on its defensive interior. It also helps that the former Duck led the nation in pressures from an interior lineman last year.
With T.J. Slaton now a Cincinnati Bengal, there’s a question about whether or not Kenny Clark, who disappointed last season as a three-technique on running downs, will kick back inside to nose tackle in 2025. If Clark does move inside, does that mean that former first-round pick Devonte Wyatt, who has good pressure production but isn’t a full-time player for the Packers, will be the three-technique? A selection of Harmon would give Green Bay options at the position where they previously had very few.
Let’s get into the second round of this choose-your-own-adventure mock draft, though. In our run-through of the Pro Football Focus Mock Draft Simulator, the following players at the Packers’ positions of need were selected between their first and second picks of the draft. We defined positions of need as defensive tackle, defensive end, wide receiver and cornerback. Considering that defensive tackle was already taken in the first round, we’ll pluck them off of the board for Day 2.
Players Taken Between Packers’ 1st and 2nd Picks
- #19 on the consensus draft board: James Pearce Jr., DE, Tennessee
- #28: Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
- #29: Luther Burden, WR, Missouri
- #36: Nic Scourton, DE, Texas A&M
- #37: Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina
- #39 Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
- #42: Azareye’h Thomas, CB, Florida State
- #44: Landon Jackson, DE, Arkansas
- #48: Trey Amos, CB, Mississippi
- #54: Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
- #58: T.J. Tuimoloau, DE, Ohio State
- #61: Princely Emanmielen, DE, Mississippi
- #65: Jayden Higgins, WR, Iowa State
- #74: Bradyn Swinson, DE, LSU
The following players are the remaining players ranked on the consensus board’s top 100 at the Packers’ three remaining positions of need.
Best Players (of Need) Available
- #42: Benjamin Morrison, CB, Notre Dame
- #46: Jack Sawyer, DE, Ohio State
- #53: Tre Harris, WR, Mississippi
- #59: Darien Porter, CB, Iowa State
- #69: Jack Bech, WR, TCU
- #71: Jaylin Noel, WR, Iowa State
- #72: Jordan Burch, DE, Oregon
- #76: Isaiah Bond, WR, Texas
- #79: Jalen Royals, WR, Utah State
- #82: Kyle Kennard, DE, South Carolina
- #83: Josaiah Stewart, DE, Michigan
- #87: Xavier Restrepo, WR, Miami
- #88: Oluwafemi Oladejo, DE, UCLA
- #92: Savion Williams, WR, TCU
- #96: Tez Johnson, WR, Oregon
- #100: Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
Vote who you would take in the Packers’ position with the 54th overall pick in the comment section. The post that gets the most “rec”s by the end of the day on Tuesday will be crowned the winner and we’ll move on to the final phase of our Mock Draft 1.0, the third round, on Wednesday morning.