It’s been a month since our last mock draft round-up, and free agency has changed some things for the Green Bay Packers. With that in mind, let’s check out who analysts have the Packers taking at the top of the draft, now that the clubs have had added or lost talent during this free agency cycle.
Unless specified otherwise, these mocks below were two-round mock drafts, and the player that was selected for the Packers was their second-round pick, Green Bay’s top selection of the 2026 draft due to the Micah
Parsons trade.
ESPN – Jordan Reid
Davison Igbinosun, CB, Ohio State
Igbinosun matches the Packers’ cornerback prototype, as he’s a big, physical and explosive athlete at 6-2, 189 pounds. Igbinosun’s developmental arc will take some time, as he’s handsy in coverage, but that patience could pay off in the long term.
As far as the cornerbacks who could realistically be there for the Packers at #52 (non-top-35 prospects on consensus) who actually fit their height-weight-speed standards (a bigger deal at the position than most), Davison Igbinosun is my favorite target at the position. He’s a great athlete and has the ability to play press coverage, if Jonathan Gannon ever wants to get in that world (his scheme sort of lets him pick and choose if he wants to do this at all).
On3 – Nick Kosko
Zion Young, EDGE, Missouri
This is a very interesting choice. I’ve heard some buzz about the Packers really liking Zion Young, so my ears are up for him being available at #52. There’s no promise that he’ll actually make it to the late (or at least late middle) second round, but he sort of fits their M.O. at the position. Young is a long, high-effort edge-setter, sort of in the mold of a Lukas Van Ness or Preston Smith. Van Ness is going into the final year of his rookie deal, so if the Packers want long-term stability opposite of Micah Parsons without paying Van Ness, I could see them going this route. A big bonus that Young has, too, is that he’s able to rush the passer from the interior in subpackages, and he’s pretty damn good at it.
A to Z Sports – Kyle Crabbs
Malachi Lawrence, EDGE, UCF
I haven’t had the time to watch Malachi Lawrence, but I know he has a lot of fans. From what I’ve been told by scouts, he’s more of a straight-line speed pass-rusher than anything else. He posted some impressive explosion numbers at the combine, running a 4.52-second 40-yard dash with a 40” vertical jump and a 10’10” broad jump.
CBS Sports – Josh Edwards
#52: Gennings Dunker, iOL, Iowa
#84: Malik Muhammad, CB, Texas
Everyone I’ve talked to in the scouting community has told me that Gennings Dunker of Iowa will be moving from right tackle in college to guard at the NFL level because of his limitations on an island as a pass protector. He’s going to be a people mover, but the questions are going to be 1) can he hold up in protection and 2) whether the three surgeries he’s already had in his career will impact him down the line.
The Packers usually don’t like cornerbacks who are as small as Malik Muhammad is, but he’s a good enough of a scheme fit for Gannon’s quarters-heavy system (a lot of times, zone turns into man coverage after about five yards) that I could see the team breaking their rules for him. The lighted cornerback that Green Bay has taken in the top 170 picks of the draft since Mike Sherman left town has been Eric Stokes at 194 pounds. Muhammad only bulked up to 182 pounds for the combine.
Pro Football Focus – Gordon McGuinness
#52: D’Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana
#84: LT Overton, EDGE, Alabama
I feel pretty comfortable saying that De’Angelo Ponds won’t be on the Packers’ board (remember, boards are only about 120-ish names long, as teams don’t want to drink water through a fire hose on draft day). Ponds barely cracked 5’8”, and Green Bay admittedly broke their rules to draft Jaire Alexander, who is two full inches taller than Ponds. Ponds is also just 182 pounds on top of that. I don’t think we’ll be the team.
LT Overton is a true edge-setter who isn’t very productive as a pass-rusher. He’s had seven sacks in his four-year college career, despite being a consistent starter. At different points in his career, he was over 280 pounds, and there was some thought that maybe he should have bulked up and moved inside, but he got down to 274 pounds at the combine, so it looks like he’ll at least be an edge rusher early on.
USA Today – Nate Davis and Ayrton Ostly
Zion Young, EDGE, Missouri
Green Bay could use more help on the offensive line after losing some pieces in free agency, but the value isn’t there on the board at this point. At 6-foot-6 and 262 pounds − and with good production in 2025 (6½ sacks and 16½ TFLs) − Young could step in for departed OLB Rashan Gary here.
Sporting News – Vinnie Iyer
D’Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana
With their first pick in this draft, it would make sense for the Packers to address corner. Ponds is ideal for their new scheme with his feisty outside coverage for his size.
Tankathon
#52: Keith Abney II, CB, Arizona
#84: Gracen Halton, iDL, Oklahoma
#120: Keyron Crawford, EDGE, Auburn
I’m putting Keith Abney II in the same “doubt the Packers have him on their board” bucket as D’Angelo Ponds. He came in both shorter and lighter than Green Bay likes. Over the Ted Thompson and Brian Gutekunst eras, the Packers, on average, are looking for a 6’0”, 197-pound cornerback in the first five rounds of the draft. At 5’9” and change and 187 pounds, Abney is significantly smaller than even their “rule-breaking” exceptions.
I actually personally like Gracen Halton, who I think has to be a 3-technique only at the next level but is an impressive pass-rusher. It’s going to be difficult to get Halton, Javon Hargrave and Devonte Wyatt on the field together, since they should all be ends in 3-4 base looks and neither Halton nor Wyatt can really play nose tackle in nickel sets, either. This move would probably be an admission that the Packers don’t want to pay Wyatt like John Franklin Myers, who got $21 million per year as a free agent this cycle. I’d assume that Halton would be a backup 3-tech for a year before he replaced Wyatt on the first line of the depth chart in 2027 — barring a trade of Wyatt post-draft.
I don’t know much about Keyron Crawford, honestly. I’ll be spending a good part of the next week watching edge rushers and making calls about these players, now that covering free agency isn’t taking up much of my time. Apologies.
The Athletic – Dane Brugler
Emmanuel Pregnon, iOL, Oregon
Obviously, I’ve seen a lot of Emmanuel Pregnon as an Oregon fan. I thought that he was the only offensive lineman on the team who beat expectations this year, and he was obviously the top offensive lineman on the team from the start of the season, despite left tackle Isaiah World (now projected as a Day 3 selection following his ACL tear) receiving some top-20 hype entering the year.
Pregnon is a Wyoming and then USC transfer who is extremely cut for being 314 pounds. The left guard (who has played right guard in the past) was an All-American in 2025. He’s got great length and movement skills, but could probably use some more time in the weight room to build up his legs instead of looking like a bodybuilder. If his legs get a little stronger, I think he has Pro Bowl potential.
From a player talent perspective, I’d love Pregnon, but I’m not sure how he would help the Packers early on in his career, considering that Green Bay doubled down on the Aaron Banks contract with his salary conversion (the team added more dead cap to a potential Banks release in 2027, meaning it’s harder for the team to move on from him, in exchange for immediate cap relief). Plus, Anthony Belton was just picked in the second round last year (and hasn’t even gone through a training camp at the guard position, because the coaching staff had the bright idea of only practicing him at tackle last summer).
The easiest starting offensive lineman for the Packers to move off of in 2027 is actually probably center Sean Rhyan, despite him just signing his extension, because that deal was made so Green Bay could be flexible (the team basically pumped his average per year in exchange for very low guarantees on the contract). As far as I know, there hasn’t been a discussion about Pregnon moving to center at the NFL (he hasn’t snapped for teams during the draft process, to my knowledge), unlike other non-centers at the college level like Brian Parker II, Trey Zuhn III and Keylan Rutledge.
