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Green Bay Packers 2026 NFL Draft Class

Every Packers selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, the needs they entered the weekend with, and the trades that reshaped their board.

Compiled by the NFL Mock Draft Simulator research desk · Front office at the time: Brian Gutekunst (GM), Matt LaFleur (HC)

The class

Green Bay Packers made 6 selections in the 2026 draft, opening with Brandon Cisse, a cornerback out of South Carolina, at No. 52 overall.

The class skewed toward cornerback, where they used 2 picks. In total they drafted 5 different positions.

Going into the weekend our board had their priority needs listed as Edge Rusher, Defensive Tackle, Cornerback, Interior Offensive Line, Running Back. They addressed 4 of their 5 pre-draft needs directly: Edge Rusher, Defensive Tackle, Cornerback, Interior Offensive Line. Left unaddressed: Running Back.

Their best value relative to the consensus board was Dani Dennis-Sutton at No. 120, 47 slots later than the industry board had him ranked (73).

Draft capital

Packers draft capital broke down as 0 Day 1 picks, 2 on Day 2 and 4 on Day 3. 1 of those were compensatory selections, awarded for free-agency losses in the prior cycle. 3 were slots they did not own when the weekend began, acquired by trade. Entering Day 2 without a first-round pick changes the arithmetic considerably: a team in that position is buying volume rather than a single premium outcome.

Pick by pick

Every Packers selection, with where it landed against our consensus board and against their own pre-draft needs list.

• Round 2, No. 52: Packers took Brandon Cisse on Day 2, within 8 slots of his board ranking of 44. Cornerback was their No. 3 listed need.
• Round 3, No. 77: Packers moved on Chris McClellan on Day 2, paying 32 slots of premium rather than risk the wait. Defensive Tackle was their No. 2 listed need.
• Round 4, No. 120: Packers took Dani Dennis-Sutton on Day 3, a board-rank 73 player whom the rest of the league passed on across 47 slots of board value. It was their single highest-priority need going in.
• Round 5, No. 153: Packers spent a late-round flier on Jager Burton, a board-rank 190 player.
• Round 6, No. 201: Packers took Domani Jackson on Day 3, within 4 slots of his board ranking of 197. Cornerback was their No. 3 listed need.
• Round 6, No. 216: Packers took Trey Smack at board rank 403, a late lottery ticket rather than a statement. Kicker was not on their priority needs list, a best-player-available call.

Pre-draft needs

Our needs assessment for the Packers going into the 2026 draft, ordered by priority. This is the list the class above is measured against.

Draft-day trades

• With Tampa Bay Buccaneers: sent No. 84 (R3), No. 160 (R5); received No. 77 (R3).
• With Seattle Seahawks: sent No. 236 (R7), No. 255 (R7); received No. 216 (R6).

Related

• Round 2 results: every other pick made around the Packers' first selection.
• Position rankings for the groups they drafted: Cornerback, Defensive Tackle, Edge Rusher, Interior Offensive Line.
• The 2026 consensus big board: where every one of these players ranked before the draft.
• Every trade from the 2026 draft: the full ledger, including the Packers' moves.
• Steals and reaches: which picks diverged most from the board, and what that gap means.
• The draft by the numbers: positional supply, school production and how draft capital was distributed.

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