10 of 13 mocks picked just 5 players for Green Bay’s first-round selection
With only three remaining Green Bay Packers unrestricted free agents left on the market, it’s time to turn our full attention to the 2025 NFL Draft. As always, we’ll go through a dozen notable mock drafts published over the last week and our first Acme Packing Company mock to show you some of the more popular names that analysts have going to the Packers about a month before draft day.
Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia (15th on consensus draft board)
The top-ranked player who multiple mocks sent to Green Bay is Mykel Williams, the fourth-ranked edge defender on the consensus draft board. After Penn State’s Abdul Carter, there’s a cluster of players who could be considered the second- to sixth-best defensive end prospect in this class, so opinions will vary here.
Williams played almost the entire 2024 season with an ankle injury, which means that teams will have to go back to his 2023 film to measure his true upside. The two-time former SEC second-team all-conference defender played the majority of his college career as an interior defender, which is why his production doesn’t match his athletic ability at 6’5” and 260 pounds. Williams is going to have a private workout for scouts on April 17th, just a week before the draft, to prove how far his injury recovery has gone.
Matthew Golden, WR, Texas (20th)
With the Packers down a receiver in Christian Watson for the majority of the 2025 regular season, it’s not a shock to see mock drafters give them a pass-catcher. At the moment, Matthew Golden is ranked as the second-best true receiver in the draft behind Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan. Golden is a little smaller than head coach Matt LaFleur tends to like at 5’11” and 191 pounds, but maybe his 4.29-second 40-yard dash will change the club’s opinion about smaller outside receivers.
Derrick Harmon, DT, Oregon (28th)
Derrick Harmon is drawing comparisons to the likes of Cameron Heyward, a five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler. At 6’5” and 315 pounds, he was also the most productive interior pass-rusher in college football last year. If the Packers want to push out one of Kenny Clark or Devonte Wyatt long-term, landing a talent like Harmon via the draft is about as good of a plan as you could ask for.
Luther Burden, WR, Missouri (32nd)
Personally, I believe that Luther Burden is a slot-only receiver at the NFL level, considering how he struggled as an outside receiver in 2022 and was used mostly as a screen player as an outside receiver in both 2023 and 2024. The vast majority of his production came in the slot, against college nickelbacks, linebackers and safeties. With Jayden Reed already commanding that position in Green Bay, I’d pass on Burden, who is a former five-star recruit who does pass the Packers’ height-weight-speed asks at the position.
Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina (37th)
The final player who was selected by the Packers in multiple e mocks is Shavon Revel Jr., who was considered a first-round lock before tearing his ACL in practice this season. This one boils down to one question: What do his medicals look like?
Revel probably won’t be ready to play at the start of the upcoming season, which is why there are split opinions on whether he’ll be a first-round pick or not. For reference, he’s ranked 37th on the consensus draft board at the moment. At one point, he was listed as the 18th overall player in the class.
Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan (22nd)
Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State (25th)
Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky (39th)
The final three players on our list were all picked once for the Packers. It’s a bit of a mixed bag. Kenneth Grant is a nose tackle who would help Green Bay immediately, but his selection would also keep Kenny Clark at the three-technique position, where he’s much less productive against one-on-one blocks than Devonte Wyatt. With that being said, Grant’s selection could help the Packers get off of Clark’s deal entirely in the 2026 offseason, which does bring some value.
Josh Simmons probably would have been the top offensive tackle in the draft had he not gone down with a mid-season torn patellar tendon, a major injury. Will Simmons be able to return to form following his recovery and how long does that timeline look for him? Those are questions teams have to answer.
Maxwell Hairston ran an insane 4.28-second 40-yard dash at the combine, but earlier this month a former University of Kentucky student accused him of rape in a viral post and claimed that more than five women have reached out to her with “similar or exact same situations” with “the same individual.” What Hairston’s draft stock looks like following these allegations is clearly up in the air.