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Green Bay Packers Draft: Pre-Free Agency Rankings for Positions of Need

By Dan Dahlke

Feb 29, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Houston defensive back William Jackson goes through a workout drill during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 29, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Houston defensive back William Jackson goes through a workout drill during the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Need #7 – Wide Receiver

Oct 17, 2015; Ames, IA, USA; TCU Horned Frogs wide receiver Josh Doctson (9) out runs Iowa State Cyclones defensive back Kamari Cotton-Moya (5) during the fourth quarter at Jack Trice Stadium. The Horned Frogs beat the Cyclones 45-21. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Ames, IA, USA; TCU Horned Frogs wide receiver Josh Doctson (9) out runs Iowa State Cyclones defensive back Kamari Cotton-Moya (5) during the fourth quarter at Jack Trice Stadium. The Horned Frogs beat the Cyclones 45-21. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports /

Top-10 WRs

  1. Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss (6-2, 210)
  2. Josh Doctson, TCU (6-2, 202, 4.50)
  3. Corey Coleman, Baylor (5-11, 194)
  4. Michael Thomas, Ohio State (6-3, 212, 4.57)
  5. Will Fuller, Notre Dame (6-0, 186, 4.32)
  6. Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma (5-10, 194, 4.48)
  7. Braxton Miller, Ohio State (6-1, 201, 4.50)
  8. Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (6-1, 197, 4.58)
  9. Pharaoh Cooper, South Carolina (5-11, 203)
  10. Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia (6-0, 196, 4.45)

Risers: Will Fuller, Josh Doctson, Braxton Miller, Malcolm Mitchell
Fallers: Laquon Treadwell, Michael Thomas, De’Runnya Wilson, Rashard Higgins

Overall, the wide receiver group was disappointing. More players hurt their draft stock than helped it.

Starting at the top, it did not sit well with many that Treadwell decided not to run the forty, despite being in good health. Many speculate he’ll run a slow forty, somewhere in the high 4.6s, which would definitely drop him to the late first round.

Thomas’s stock also took a hit after a 4.57 forty showed his lack of breakaway speed. He’s still a very good receiver, in his own right, but the lack of speed may limit his ability downfield.

The biggest disappointment for me was Mississippi State’s De’Runnya Wilson, who ran an abysmal 4.85 forty. Towering at 6-foot-4 and 224 pounds, he doesn’t need elite speed to win matchups downfield, but running in the mid 4.8s is unacceptable for an NFL wide receiver. This really hurt his draft stock and probably dropped him well into day three.

Fuller’s blazing forty time could sneak him into the end of the first round, while Miller, Shepard, and Doctson put together solid workout numbers and maintained their early-round status.

New Names: Charone Peake (6-2, 209, 4.45), Cody Core (6-3, 205, 4.49), Kolby Listenbee (6-0, 197, 4.39)

There’s been buzz around Peake that he could climb up into day two of the draft. Not having studied him before, he’s one of the first players I’m eager to find film on to evaluate.

Core and Listenbee are players with tremendous speed that could be options for Green Bay in the fourth or fifth round.

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