Packers go defense-heavy in latest seven-round mock draft as they focus on upgrading key positions for 2025

Fourth round, pick 124: RB Raheim Sanders, South Carolina

The Packers don’t have a need at running back, but this class is so good that it could make sense to add a player there. Sure, the Packers already drafted MarShawn Lloyd in the third round last year, but we don’t know how his career will shake out. Sanders is extremely athletic and fast, being a good long-term insurance policy if Lloyd doesn’t work out. For now, Josh Jacobs is the unquestioned starter, while Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks are solid backup options.

Fifth round, pick 159: IOL Joshua Gray, Oregon State

The Packers don't usually take guards in the draft. It's mostly tackles, and some centers, and they move all of them around. Ted Thompson used to say: You usually put your best offensive linemen at left tackle, and we want your best offensive linemen. But Joshua Gray might be a reasonable exception because, first, he's highly athletic, and second, he started at left tackle for multiple seasons before moving to left guard in 2024. It’s still an unlikely profile for the Packers, but far from impossible.

Sixth round, pick 198: S Craig Woodson, California

Seventh round, pick 250: S Caleb Ransaw, Tulane

I’ll put those two together because these are the ones I had the hardest time trying to see actually happening. Last year, the Packers signed Xavier McKinney and drafted Javon Bullard, Evan Williams, and Kitan Oladapo. Even Zayne Anderson played well when needed. So it’s hard to imagine them picking a safety, let alone two, unless they see some wild value or special teams prospection.

Seventh round, pick 237: LB Greg Penn III, LSU

The Packers lost Eric Wilson in free agency, so while they have their young guys to develop, Green Bay could still use a depth linebacker to play special teams—especially one that can play coverage reasonably well.