Three Packers executives make important list of future GMs in the NFL

Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated has made a list of future NFL general managers for 16 years. Most of the time, the executives hired have been on this list at some point.

And this year's list shows how Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has built a Strong staff. There are 33 names on the list, and three of them are Packers personnel people.

Let's check them out, and what Breer wrote about each of them.

Packers director of football operations Milt Hendrickson

Hendrickson's name is one that came up over and over as I made calls the last few weeks—an accomplished, if older, scout who has the respect of so many folks that make their careers on the college trail. It was that reputation that led Brian Gutekunst to poach Hendrickson from Baltimore in his first full offseason in charge, back in 2019. In addition to 14 seasons with the Ravens, Hendrickson also spent a decade as a college coach and has been a great source in Green Bay.

Packers VP of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan

A football lifer, as the son of long-time NFL receivers coach Jerry Sullivan (who still works with Justin Jefferson), Jon-Eric Sullivan has proven himself an exceptional evaluator, a strong link between scouting and coaching and a valuable safety net for Gutekunst on anything in the draft or free agency. Sullivan’s been involved in the cap too, had a voice in the coaching search that landed Matt LaFleur and even has been looped in on things like player discipline and strength-and-conditioning. As an anecdote, he happened to be the scout who first put Jordan Love on Gutekunst’s radar.

Packers director of pro personnel Richmond Williams

A former Iowa corner, Williams has been with the Packers for 18 seasons, with extensive experience as both a college and pro scout—he was on the college side from 2008 to ‘16, and has been on the pro side since. He’s impressed over the last couple years at the accelerator program and could be in line to move up in Green Bay if Sullivan gets a shot elsewhere.

Jon-Eric Sullivan had also made A to Z Sports' list of potential general managers in 2025. Sullivan and Richmond Williams are two of the three names on A to Z Sports' list of potential Packers executives who could eventually become general managers.

They have done an excellent and probably underrated job with the Packers, and it seems like the rest of the league is finally getting aware of it.