Ted Thompson’s draft history: Why the Green Bay Packers are SB favorites
Ted Thompson’s draft picks … 2005
… and the reason the Packers are perennial Super Bowl contenders …
The only player still on the field out of this group is Aaron Rodgers … after all, it was 11 years ago. What he has done for the Green Bay Packers franchise is phenomenal.
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April 23-24, 2005; Drafted alternately 24th-26th-25th
- 1. AARON RODGERS, QB, California, 24
- 2a. NICK COLLINS, S/CB, Bethune-Cookman, 51
(from New Orleans Saints in Mike McKenzie trade) - 2b. TERRENCE MURPHY, WR/KR, Texas A&M, 58
- 3. (to Carolina Panthers in draft-day trade), 89
- 4a. MARVIEL UNDERWOOD, S, San Diego State, 115
(from Carolina Panthers in draft-day trade) - 4b. BRADY POPPINGA, LB, Brigham Young, 125
- 4. (to Philadelphia Eagles in draft-day trade), 126
(originally obtained from Carolina in draft-day trade) - 5a. JUNIUS COSTON, C, North Carolina A&T, 143
(from Oakland Raiders for Marques Anderson) - 5. (to Kansas City Chiefs for R-Kal Truluck), 152
- 5b. MIKE HAWKINS, CB, Oklahoma, 167
(from Philadelphia Eagles in draft-day trade) - 6. (to New England Patriots in draft-day trade), 175
(originally obtained from Philadelphia in draft-day trade) - 6a. MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, DE, Texas A&M, 180
(from Oakland Raiders for Marques Anderson) - 6b. CRAIG BRAGG, WR, UCLA, 195
(from New England Patriots in draft-day trade) - 6. (to Kansas City Chiefs for R-Kal Truluck), 199
- 7. (to Kansas City Chiefs in 2003 Derek Combs trade), 238
- 7a. KURT CAMPBELL, LB, Albany, 245
(from Philadelphia Eagles in draft-day trade) - 7b. WILLIAM WHITTICKER, G, Michigan State, 246
(from New England Patriots in draft-day trade)
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