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