Green Bay Packers seven-round pre-combine mock draft
Round 6: Donnel Pumphrey, RB, San Diego State (5-foot-8, 169 pounds)
Pumphrey is the all-time leading rusher in NCAA history, so the production is obviously there, but he will fall because of his diminutive stature. However – and I can’t believe I’m typing this – teams will be looking for the next James White this year, and Pumphrey’s versatility puts him in that category.
He ran for over 2,000 yards last year at 6.1 yards per carry. If he were bigger he would go in the first two rounds, but he still holds plenty of value late as a third-down back and rotational runner. If the Packers re-sign Lacy and go into next year with he, Ty Montgomery and Pumphrey, they should be well set.
Round 7: Chad Kelly, QB, Mississippi (6-foot-2, 224 pounds)
Kelly has every physical tool scouts look for in a quarterback, but it’s his mental makeup and off-field concerns that worry people and may lead him to go undrafted. You can’t deny the skills and production though; he threw for three touchdowns and four touchdowns in consecutive years against Alabama and threw for more than 4,000 yards and 31 scores in the SEC in 2015.
But off the field Kelly has been involved in tirades with coaches, altercations in restaurants, and he even ran onto the field during a high school game when his brother got hit out of bounds. But if he is still around this late in the draft, which is a good possibility, there’s no reason not to take a flier on him as another developmental quarterback because of his plethora of physical tools.