As the 2024 NFL Draft draws closer, talk of who the Packers might take with pick 25 is starting to heat up.

With an absolute minimum of four quarterbacks expected to go in the first round, and maybe as many as six, Green Bay should still be in range to select a strong prospect at the back end of the first round, but who are they likely to be interested in?

Unfortunately there is a real lack of players who have completed all the athletic testing this year, and this is something the Packers have traditionally valued highly in the Ted Thompson/Brian Gutekunst era.

Of the 20 first round picks the two GMs have made, every player but one completed all the athletic testing, with Kenny Clark the only exception, skipping only the 3-cone drill.

With almost every pro day wrapped up, the list of players who Green Bay is likely to be interested in at 25 is nearly complete. For this exercise, the parameters to make a prospect a ‘perfect Packers type’ in round one will be:

• They skipped one athletic test at most
• Their Relative Athletic Score (RAS) is at least 8.37 (the lowest RAS drafted in round one by Gutekunst)
• They are a consensus top 60 prospect (the lowest consensus-ranked player Gutekunst has drafted in round one is Eric Stokes, who was 56th)
• They adhere (or are close) to the athletic thresholds Packers seem to prefer at each given position

This method gives us the following prospects, broken down into tiers as follows:

No chance

Rome Odunze - The Washington wide receiver is not making it out of the top ten, and the Packers are not moving all the way up to draft him.

Will they fall?

Every year, a player or two falls further than anyone thinks they will, allowing a team picking lower in the draft to take advantage. These three players are ranked between 12 and 17 on the consensus big board, but could one of them fall to Green Bay?

Terrion Arnold - He may well be the top corner drafted, but the rise of Quinyon Mitchell could change that. He is a touch lighter than the cornerbacks Green Bay usually likes at 189 lbs, but has a 9.25 RAS.

Jared Verse - The Packers may not be interested in an edge rusher in the first round after taking Lukas Van Ness 13th overall last year, but Verse is a freaky athlete and an explosive pass rusher. You can never have enough.

Laiatu Latu - See above. Latu shocked some people with elite athletic testing at the combine, running a 4.64 40 at over 6'4” and nearly 260 lbs. A serious neck issue in his injury history could put the Packers off, and his arms are a little shorter than they like, but Latu is a stud.

The right range

Chop Robinson - Another super athletic EDGE, Robinson blew up the combine with an insane workout which featured a 4.48 40. He is a young, toolsy pass rusher with a lack of college production. Sound familiar, Packers fans?

Chop is ranked 28th on the consensus board, so would appear to fall into the right range for Green Bay, and although he is not their type in terms of size, at least recently, at 6’2.7”, he is still bigger than Nick Perry who they drafted in the first round.

“Reach!”

These players are all ranked between 44 and 54 on the consensus big board, and their selection would elicit plenty of accusations of reaching on Green Bay’s part. But between Eric Stokes, Quay Walker or Darnell Savage, the Packers have done this before.

Edgerrin Cooper - There has been plenty of buzz linking the Packers with Cooper, and it is clear to see why. They have a need at linebacker and Cooper is a great athlete with the size and length they look for.

Braden Fiske - The Packers really have no business taking another defensive lineman who is primarily a pass rusher, based on the current construction of their roster, but there is no denying Fiske’s explosiveness and relentlessness.

Ricky Pearsall - A wide receiver in the first round? With the strength Green Bay already has at the position? This probably will not happen, but Pearsall’s tape is great and he stunned everyone with elite athletic testing across the board at the combine.

Kris Jenkins - The former Michigan man is much more run stopper than pass rusher from the interior, and that is something Green Bay needs more of on their D-line. He tested excellently and has ties to the Packers via his uncle Cullen.

The one hope?

There is one prospect who has yet to do any athletic testing due to an injury, and that of course, is Cooper DeJean.

DeJean just screams “Packer”. He is a big, fast, versatile defensive back from Iowa who is expected to perform extremely well when he finally tests on April 8. Currently ranked 21st on the consensus big board, DeJean has been mocked to Green Bay countless times already.

The former Hawkeye has announced he will do all athletic testing at his workout, and as long as he shows out in the way most people think he will, DeJean may simply be the obvious pick for the Packers in the first round if he is available when they are on the clock.