Green Bay, Wisconsin – Freshly out of his period of 4.39 seconds in the dashboard of 40 yards in the combine scouting, the Green Bay packers ended up with the corner of Texas Jahdae Barron in a new Draft simulated seven rounds to the professional football network.
With five interceptions and 16 passes defended in 2024, Barron won the Jim Thorpe Prize as the best defender in the country.
“You would find it difficult to find more fluid, explosive and intelligent corners with the game mentality he has,” wrote Jacob Infante de PFN. “His versatility inside-out and his ability to play security in a pinch make him a precious part for a secondary.”
Barron played in the slit in 2022 and 2023 and moved to the perimeter in 2024. It was superb with a capture rate of 54.4%, no authorized touch and a note of 34.2 passers -by.
“I am really confident in the area and the man,” said Barron this week. “I played man in the niche. I played man even in our zone cover. Our coverage-3 was a match-3. We have equaled a lot of red lights (fast passes), this is how I had a lot of PBU on the red lights.
“I am certainly confident in my abilities. I am the most efficient and consistent database by playing the four roles. I played dimensions, local, security and nickel. Having this in my bag and knowing that I can be moved and to benefit the team from anyone, I know it will help. »»
The first three choices of packers were used on the defenders, with the defensive winger of Ohio State JT Tuimoloau in the second round and the defensive platform of the state of Florida Joshua Farmer in the third round.
Tuimoloau led Big Ten with 12.5 bags in 2024 to help Buckeyes win the national championship. Farmer had nine bags and 15 plated for losses during his last two seasons at the FSU.
Tuimoloau is a “athlete gifted with a speed and power that would make him a considerable threat opposite Rashan Gary”, wrote Infante.
The choices of day 3 included a guard in the fourth round, a ball carrier in the fifth, a receiver to the sixth and a quarter-arre and a cornerback in the seventh.
The quarter-Arrière was Taylor Elgersma of Wilfrid Laurier, a Canadian school that won the Vanier Cup National Championship match. After winning the Canadian version of the Heisman Trophy, it was chosen for the senior Bowl.
“It has just been a huge blessing”, “ He said to the London free press (Ontario). “It was an incredible opportunity and an incredible experience. This shows that hard work is paying. »»
Scouts are intrigued by its potential.
“There was a lot of excitement as the ball came out of his hand,” said Daniel Jeremiah, analyst of the NFL network, before the combination of screening. “There was even more a situation as a late priority agent. But it is a certain size. Just in the brief exhibition that I saw him watch it there, I think you have something to work with. »»
Elgersma grew up playing hockey before trying football in 10th year. The senior Bowl was his first time playing football by 11 men; The Canadian game presents 12 men on both sides of the ball.
“This is the first time that I have taken Snaps of 11 against 11. It’s exciting for me to get this opportunity,” He said to athletics. “I think I have the frame, I have the size of this level, I have the talent of the arm. So what it is for me is to clean my mechanics, clean my leg game, continue to improve and get used to this American game. “”
Packers are fixed in the quarter-Arrière with Jordan Love and the impressive backup Malik Willis for 2025, but the general manager Brian Gutekunst would not exclude this year due to the importance of the position.
Gutekunst used a seventh round choice last year on Michael Pratt to challenge Sean Clifford. In the end, when neither appeared as the obvious safeguard of love, he exchanged for Willis, Libéré Pratt and sent Clifford to the training team.
“I think we really liked Sean last year and then, obviously, we took one, Michael, last year,” said Gutekunst during the combine harvester. “We have not transported three for a while on the 53, but I would not be opposed to doing it if we had the right guys there.”
