Packers LT Rasheed Walker expected to hit free agency

Green Bay Packers left tackle Rasheed Walker could be the best player at his position to hit free agency in 2026. Green Bay is not expected to re-sign Walker before his contract expires, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, which would make him one of the biggest prizes of the offseason.

Starting-caliber left tackles rarely make it to free agency, much less a prototypical physical talent like Walker, who has already established himself in the NFL. He was initially projected to be a Day 2 pick before falling on draft weekend due to lingering injuries from college. The Packers took a chance with the No. 249 pick, and a little over a year later, it paid off when David Bakhtiari suffered a season- and ultimately, career-ending injury. Walker stepped right in and has started all but one game since. This year, his 94.3% pass block win rate ranks seventh among the league’s offensive tackles, per ESPN’s Matt Bowen, and the 25-year-old still has room to grow.

The Packers have just $10.2M in 2026 cap space with only 41 players under contract, per OverTheCap. They can obviously find ways to create more room, but they just paid right tackle Zach Tom this offseason and already have an expensive interior offensive line. A seventh-round pick like Walker may also want to hit his full earning potential by auctioning his services to the highest bidder.

That should set him up to eclipse Dan Moore‘s four-year, $82M deal with the Titans, an example of how much even unheralded left tackles can make on the open market. He hit free agency last offseason and signed a contract that put him in the company of Garett Bolles, Dion Dawkins, and Ronnie Stanley, all of whom have received Pro Bowl and/or All-Pro recognition in their careers. Walker is thought to be better than Moore, and one NFC executive expects him to get “paid paid,” per Fowler.