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CARDINALS AT PACKERS – PRESEASON WEEK 1<br />
BREAKING DOWN THE ROSTER<br />
The Packers currently have an 89-man roster that is <strong>com</strong>posed of 45 offensive<br />
players, 40 defensive players and four specialists.<br />
Of the 89 players on Green Bay’s roster, 44 of them (49.4 percent) were<br />
drafted by the Packers.<br />
With 24 non-drafted free agents on the roster having started their <strong>NFL</strong><br />
careers with Green Bay, 68 of the 89 players (76.4 percent) began their<br />
pro careers with the Packers.<br />
Nearly two-thirds of the players (57 of 89, 64.0 percent) on Green Bay’s<br />
roster entered the league as a sixth-round or seventh-round pick or as<br />
an undrafted player. Almost half of the players (44 of 89, 49.4 percent)<br />
on the roster were not drafted.<br />
Only 19 of the 89 players on the roster (21.3 percent) were selected in<br />
the first three rounds of the draft.<br />
Of the 89 players on the roster, 81 of them (91.9 percent) are 28 years<br />
old or younger (as of Aug. 9) and 53 players (59.6 percent) are 24 years<br />
old or younger.<br />
GREEN BAY’S ROSTER ...<br />
BY AGE (as of Aug. 9)<br />
21-24 53 players<br />
25-28 28 players<br />
29-32 7 players<br />
33-plus<br />
1 players<br />
BY EXPERIENCE<br />
R-1 39 players<br />
2-3 21 players<br />
4-5 17 players<br />
6-9 11 players<br />
10-plus<br />
1 players<br />
BY DRAFT ROUND<br />
1st<br />
2nd/3rd<br />
4th/5th<br />
6th/7th<br />
Undrafted<br />
9 players<br />
10 players<br />
14 players<br />
12 players<br />
44 players<br />
MEET THE DRAFT PICKS<br />
Training-camp storylines always hover around new players and just how<br />
they figure into the depth chart. This past April, the Packers added to an<br />
already deep and talented roster with an 11-man draft class.<br />
DE Datone Jones, the first UCLA defensive lineman to be selected in<br />
the first round of the <strong>NFL</strong> Draft since DT Manu Tuiasosopo in 1979 (No.<br />
18 overall, Seattle), ranked fifth in the Pacific-12 in 2012 with 19 tackles<br />
for loss on his way to earning second-team all-conference honors from<br />
the league’s coaches. He led the team’s defensive line with a careerhigh<br />
62 tackles (45 solo) as a senior and added a career-best 6.5 sacks.<br />
Jones finished his career ranked No. 11 in school history with 36.5<br />
career tackles for loss.<br />
The Packers selected RB Eddie Lacy out of the University of<br />
Alabama in the second round. Lacy earned first-team All-Southeastern<br />
Conference recognition as a junior in 2012 after rushing for 1,322 yards<br />
and 17 TDs on 204 carries (6.5 avg.). He was named MVP of the BCS<br />
National Championship Game in his final season after carrying 20 times<br />
for 140 yards (7.0 avg.) and scoring two total TDs. Lacy finished his<br />
career at Alabama with a 6.8-yard-per-carry average that ranked No. 1<br />
in school history among players with 300-plus attempts.<br />
Green Bay drafted T David Bakhtiari with the first of three selections<br />
in the fourth round. Bakhtiari entered the draft following his junior<br />
campaign and earned second-team All-Pacific-12 honors each of his<br />
last two seasons at Colorado. He was named to the watch lists for<br />
both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in 2012 and was the<br />
co-recipient of the John Mack Award as Colorado’s most outstanding<br />
offensive player in 2012. Bakhtiari opened 22 games at LT over his final<br />
two seasons after starting at RT as a redshirt freshman in 2010.<br />
With their second pick in the fourth round, the Packers selected T JC<br />
Tretter out of Cornell University. He earned unanimous first-team All-<br />
Ivy League honors and was named a first-team All-American (FCS) by<br />
The <strong>NFL</strong> Draft Report in 2012 after he started all 10 games at LT. Tretter<br />
played tight end for his first two seasons at Cornell before moving to<br />
the offensive line prior to his junior campaign. He earned second-team<br />
All-Ivy League recognition at LT as a junior in 2011.<br />
Green Bay selected RB Johnathan Franklin with its last of three<br />
selections in the fourth round. Franklin finished his career at UCLA<br />
as the school’s all-time leader in both rushing yards (4,403) and allpurpose<br />
yards (4,936). He set single-season school records for rushing<br />
yards (1,734), all-purpose yardage (2,062) and 100-yard rushing games<br />
(nine) as a senior in 2012. Franklin was a Doak Walker Award finalist<br />
(nation’s best RB) and earned second-team All-America recognition<br />
from The Associated Press in 2012.<br />
The Packers picked CB Micah Hyde out of the University of Iowa with<br />
the first of two selections in the fifth round. Hyde earned first-team All-<br />
Big Ten honors from both the league’s coaches and media following his<br />
senior season in 2012 and was also honored as the second-ever recipient<br />
of the conference’s Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year<br />
Award. Hyde played in every game for the Hawkeyes over the course of<br />
his career.<br />
Green Bay drafted DE Josh Boyd out of Mississippi State with its<br />
second selection in the fifth round. Boyd played in 51 games with 41<br />
starts at DT during his four seasons with the Bulldogs. He was named<br />
to the watch list for the Outland Trophy in 2012 after leading the team’s<br />
defensive line with a career-high 51 tackles (14 solo) as a junior in 2011,<br />
adding a career-best eight tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks that season.<br />
The Packers selected LB Nate Palmer out of Illinois State with their<br />
sixth-round choice. Palmer earned second-team All-Missouri Valley<br />
Football Conference honors at DE following both his junior and senior<br />
seasons. He started all 24 games over those two seasons and registered<br />
117 tackles (50 solo), 25.5 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, five forced<br />
fumbles and two fumble recoveries.<br />
With the first of three choices in the seventh round, Green Bay drafted<br />
WR Charles Johnson from Grand Valley State. Despite playing just<br />
two seasons at the school, he finished his career ranked sixth in school<br />
history in catches (128), fifth in receiving yards (2,229) and second in<br />
TD catches (31). He led the team in receptions (72), receiving yards<br />
(1,199) and TD catches (16) as a senior in 2012.<br />
Green Bay selected WR Kevin Dorsey out of the University of<br />
Maryland with its second choice in the seventh round. Dorsey was a<br />
four-year letterman who appeared in 47 games during his career and<br />
finished with 81 catches for 1,088 yards (13.4 avg.) and nine TDs. He<br />
averaged 30.2 yards per TD catch during his career.<br />
With their third and final pick in the seventh round, the Packers selected<br />
LB Sam Barrington from the University of South Florida. He earned<br />
second-team All-Big East honors as a senior in 2012 after posting a<br />
career-high 80 tackles (49 solo), including 6.5 tackles for loss, a careerbest<br />
3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and three passes defensed.<br />
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