Yesterday, the Green Bay Packers signed 16 players to reserve/future contracts
, which are essentially league-minimum deals that practice squad players typically receive. With that being said, sometimes teams do sign players on the street or players who were on other teams’ practice squads to reserve/future deals, too. On Tuesday, the Packers added a 17th reserve/future player in receiver Isaiah Neyor.Neyor signed with Green Bay in training camp and made the team’s initial practice squad following
roster cutdowns. In last week’s wild card game, Neyor was called up to the gameday roster and played three offensive snaps. It seemed odd that Neyor wasn’t signed yesterday, when the majority of the Packers’ practice squad was, considering the team just played him in a win-or-go-home game. After the Neyor signing, the only practice squaders who haven’t been signed to a reserve/future deal in 2026 are receivers Julian Hicks and Kisean Johnson.
Below is a breakdown of the players currently under contract for Green Bay going into the offseason:
Quarterback (2)
- Jordan Love
- Desmond Ridder
Running Back (4)
- Josh Jacobs
- MarShawn Lloyd
- Pierre Strong Jr.
- Damien Martinez
Receiver (8)
- Christian Watson
- Dontayvion Wicks
- Jayden Reed
- Matthew Golden
- Savion Williams
- Jakobie Keeney-James
- Will Sheppard
- Isaiah Neyor
Tight End (5)
- Tucker Kraft
- Luke Musgrave
- Drake Dabney
- McCallan Castles
- Messiah Swinson
Offensive Line (11)
- Jordan Morgan
- Aaron Banks
- Elgton Jenkins (highly likely to be a cap casualty)
- Anthony Belton
- Zach Tom
- Jacob Monk
- Travis Glover
- John Williams
- Brant Banks
- Dalton Cooper
- Karsen Barnhart
Defensive End (5)
- Micah Parsons
- Rashan Gary (highly likely to be a cap casualty)
- Lukas Van Ness
- Barryn Sorrell
- Collin Oliver
Defensive Tackle (9)
- Devonte Wyatt
- Colby Wooden
- Karl Brooks
- Jordon Riley
- Warren Brinson
- Nazir Stackhouse
- James Ester
- Anthony Campbell
- Dante Barnett (international exemption)
Linebacker (4)
- Isaiah McDuffie
- Edgerrin Cooper
- Ty’Ron Hopper
- Jamon Johnson
Cornerback (7)
- Keisean Nixon
- Carrington Valentine
- Nate Hobbs
- Trevon Diggs (highly likely to be a cap casualty)
- Shemar Bartholomew
- Jaylin Simpson
- Tyron Herring
Safety (6)
- Xavier McKinney
- Evan Williams
- Javon Bullard
- Kitan Oladapo
- Jonathan Baldwin
- Mark Perry
Kicker (2)
- Brandon McManus
- Lucas Havrisik
Punter (1)
- Daniel Whelan
Long Snapper (1)
- Matt Orzech
If Jenkins, Gary and Diggs are eventually gone, which is the expectation, then 62 of the team’s allotted 91 offseason roster spots will be taken. On top of that, four more players on the team are exclusive rights free agents, WR Bo Melton, OL Donovan Jennings, OL Lecitus Smith and CB Kamal Hadden. That gets the team up to 66 of 91, as the team almost always picks up ERFA tenders (they are essentially league minimum deals). With eight draft picks coming in 2026, that ends up being 74 of 91.
Those final 17 spots on the roster will come down to internal re-signings (either in unrestricted or restricted free agency), outside signings in free agency (but don’t hold your breath with the cap situation) and undrafted rookie free agents.
For what it’s worth, here are the Packers’ nine unrestricted free agents who are set to hit the market in 2026:
- QB Malik Willis (should net a 5th-round comp pick)
- WR Romeo Doubs (should net a 5th-round comp pick)
TE John FitzPatrick - LT Rasheed Walker (should net a 4th-round comp pick)
- C Sean Rhyan (should net around a 6th-round comp pick)
- LB Quay Walker (should net a 5th-round comp pick)
- LB Nick Niemann
- LB Kristian Welch
- DE Kingsley Enagbare (should net a 6th- or 7th-round comp pick)
Green Bay can only collect a maximum of four comp picks in 2027 for losses in 2026, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the team tried to do something like keep Sean Rhyan, because it wouldn’t really hurt the team’s standing there. As of now, the projected starting center, with Jenkins likely released, would be Jacob Monk. I also wouldn’t be surprised if one of Nick Niemann or Kristian Welch were brought back to play special teams, as the fifth-linebacker spot is really the only roster spot that the front office consistently allocates to a special teams-only player who isn’t a part of the kicking battery.
Below are Green Bay’s restricted free agents in 2026:
- RB Chris Brooks
- RB Emanuel Wilson
- TE Josh Whyle
- OL Darian Kinnard
- DE Arron Mosby
- DE Brenton Cox Jr.
- DT Jonathan Ford
- S Zayne Anderson
The only player here who I think might receive the minimum $3.5 million tender is Darian Kinnard. Besides him, I expect all of these players to pass through restricted free agency untendered and become unrestricted free agents.
With that being said, I do think there will be some interest from the team to bring a couple of these guys back, depending on their market in unrestricted free agency. Often, the Packers will not tender an RFA but then sign them back on a minimum salary one-year contract with something like $500,000 as a signing bonus. I could see that situation happening for either running back, tight end Josh Whyle or safety Zayne Anderson. Defensive end Arron Mosby is another option, as he was one of Green Bay’s best special teams players, but he didn’t even make the 53-man roster until Week 10, so I doubt they actually want to commit that type of money to him in 2026.
