College football will be here before we know it, so while the 2025 NFL Draft is still about 10 months away, it’s not too early to start building your watchlists of draft-eligible prospects for the Green Bay Packers.
Pro Football Focus did some of the hefty lifting recently, going through all 11 positions and selecting the top 10 draft prospects from each. Here’s who they drafted as wide receiver. For more information on each player, click Here.
Luther Burden III, Missouri
Tetairoa McMillan in Arizona
Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
Evan Stewart in Oregon
Isaiah Bond in Texas
Tre Harris, Ole Miss
Elica Ayomora, Stanford
Tory Horton, Colorado
Johnson’s Oregon thesis
Xavier Restrepo in Miami
Given the Packers’ youth at the receiver position, as was the case last April, they will enter the 2025 draft with the luxury of not having to meet this need if a suitable player is not available.
Of the Packers’ top six wide receivers at the end of last season, only Bo Melton is technically a free agent next season. However, according to Over the Cap, he will be a non-exclusive agent, meaning he will not be able to negotiate with other teams and will return on a league minimum contract.
The Packers will still have Samori Toure and potentially Grant DuBose under contract.
However, as we all know, the draft is all about planning ahead, and the Packers do it better than many teams. The 2025 season will be the last year of Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson’s cooperation with the debutants. Realistically, with the wide receiver market exploding, both players may not return in 2026. Perhaps this causes the Packers to try to get ahead of the curve by introducing additional competition into the development pipeline.
For this main reason, I wouldn’t be surprised if GM Brian Gutekunst goes into next year’s draft with wide receiver on his radar. However, given that Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks are currently under contract for two more years, and the potential for either Doubs or Watson to return in 2026, I still don’t think it’s a pressing need early in the round.
“I never share the thought process of, ‘Hey, we have a pretty good team. These guys may not have a chance to make the team.” Gutekunst said ahead of the 2024 draft about having 11 draft picks.
“I talked a lot about competition in every (position) room and how much it accelerates the development of your football team. I think that’s the best way for your team to move forward, so in my opinion, it’s never enough. You never have enough ammo to build your room, so there is significant competition in each room. I think that’s really important.”
The Packers currently have seven official picks in next year’s draft, one in each round, and are projected to receive a pick to compensate for the loss of Yosh Nijman in free agency, which would give them a total of eight picks.
