During Ted Thompson’s tenure as general manager of the Green Bay Packers, the team rarely brought high-level college prospects in for formal visits ahead of the NFL Draft. Thompson’s approach was almost exclusively to bring in a few players projected near the top of the draft to evaluate character or injury questions, and then use the vast majority of their visits on late-round or likely undrafted prospects.
Brian Gutekunst’s approach has differed somewhat, though the team still tends to use visits to evaluate character or injury red flags. The breakdown is much different though, with the team much more likely to use a top-30 visit on a top-100 player than under Thompson.
As our Justis Mosqueda discussed earlier this week, Gutekunst has also been no stranger to drafting players who came to Green Bay as part of the pre-draft process. Over the past three years, the team has drafted 13 players who came on formal visits and acquired several others as undrafted free agents or via other means.
Now that the end of March is approaching and there are just five weeks until the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off in Green Bay, the team’s visits are starting to be reported. Stay up to date with the full list of reported visitors below.
Packers’ 2025 Pre-Draft Visits
(Numbers below reflect the player’s ranking on the consensus draft board from the NFL Mock Draft Database.)
Edge
- Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M (#12)
- James Pearce, Jr., Tennessee (#21)
