With no first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers may not get mentioned in the usual roundup of mock drafts, many of which stop after the first round.
But as we move closer to the April 23-25 event in Pittsburgh, we’ve gotten a good sense at the players who will be available to Green Bay in the later rounds … assuming the Packers don’t trade back into the first round.
The Pro Football Network draft simulator gives us a chance to play out all seven rounds of the draft, which of course we did. Three times. Here’s what the results spit out for the Packers:
Simulation 1 (using the Pro Football Network draft rankings)
No. 52 (second round): Gennings Dunker, guard, Iowa
Dunker immediately becomes a frontrunner to win “new most popular Packer.” The mullet-adorned redhead from Illinois was a three-year starter at Iowa.
No. 84 (third round): Davison Igbinosun, cornerback, Ohio State
The 6-foot-2 21-year-old has made 53 career college starts, fitting the mold of a press corner, according to NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein. Igbinosun did, however, commit a lot of penalties in college.
No. 120 (fourth round): Tristan Leigh, tackle, Clemson
The 6-6, 310-pounder only has 11 career starts and he’s pretty undersized for a left tackle, but he has impressive strength.
No. 157 (fifth round): Jaishawn Barnham, edge, Michigan
This pick is acquired from the Raiders as part of a trade, with the Packers sending two lower draft picks to Las Vegas. Zierlein noted that Barnham played mostly off-ball linebacker and showed raw, explosive ability with a high motor, and the tools he’s missing are teachable.
No. 160 (fifth round): Traded to Raiders
In this scenario, the Packers ship the 160th and 236th pick to the Raiders in exchange for pick No. 157.
No. 201 (sixth round): Josh Cuevas, tight end, Alabama
Though he suffered a broken foot in November, he still played in 12 games for Alabama and made 11 starts, with 37 catches and four touchdowns. He lacks elite NFL tight-end size (6-3, 245), putting him in the “combo tight end” category.
No. 236 (seventh round): Traded to Raiders (as previously mentioned)
No. 255 (seventh round): Tyre West, edge, Tennessee
He racked up 48 games played at Tennessee over four years, finishing with 20.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. Listed at 6-3, 290.
Simulation No. 2 (using the ‘consensus’ draft board)
No. 52 (second round): Davison Igbinosun, cornerback, Ohio State
He was a third-round pick by the Packers in the above draft, and he fits a position of reasonably obvious need.
No. 84 (third round): LT Overton, edge Alabama
If you’d been reading the “way too early” NFL drafts a year ago, you would have seen Overton’s name in the first round; heck, ESPN had one that put Overton with the Packers at No. 19. Zierlien considers him “slow-twitch” athlete who lacks range in pursuit, but he did have six tackles for loss and four sacks in 2025, both career bests.
No. 120 (fourth round): Brenen Thomspon, wide receiver, Mississippi State
Third-team All-SEC performer led MSU with 1,054 receiving yards and six touchdowns, and he has blazing speed as a home-run threat. He is, however, just 5-9, 164.
No. 142 (fifth round): Markel Bell, offensive tackle, Miami (Fla.)
After a trade with the 49ers, the Packers move up to this spot in the draft, taking the 6-9, 346-pound behemoth whose unique size will be both a strength and a weakness, depending on the defense.
No. 160 (fifth round): Traded to 49ers
The Packers packaged No. 160, along with pick No. 201 and 255, to receive No. 142, earlier in the fifth round.
No. 201 (sixth round): Traded to 49ers (mentioned above)
No. 236 (seventh round): Lander Barton, linebacker, Utah
The 6-5, 233-pound senior “saw a slight downturn in production and consistency in 2025,” according to Zierlein, but he could be an NFL backup. He has two older brothers with NFL experience.
Simulation No. 3 (using The Athletic draft board)
No. 52 (second round): Traded to Patriots
The Packers get a third-round pick in 2027 and the No. 63 pick in this draft as compensation for their top pick in the 2026 draft.
No. 55 (second round): Max Iheanachor, offensive tackle, Arizona State
After reacquiring a second-round pick from the Chargers (in exchange for picks No. 63 and 120), the Packers take the 6-6, 321-pound late bloomer who “might be more game-ready than I previously anticipated” after his work at the Senior Bowl, according to Zierlein.
No. 63 (second round): Traded to Chargers (mentioned above)
No. 84 (third round): Malachi Lawrence, edge, Central Florida
The 6-4, 253-pounder has prototypical size and length who spent all four years at UCF, finishing with 11 tackles for loss as a senior and seven sacks, not to mention three passes defended and a pair of forced fumbles. He has 20 sacks in his career.
No. 120 (fourth round): Traded to Chargers (mentioned above)
No. 140 (fourth round): Charlie Demmings, cornerback, Stepehn F. Austin
In a trade that involved three of Green Bay’s remaining four draft picks going to the New York Jets, the Packers get the final pick of the fourth round and take a cornerback with nine career interceptions (four as a senior) and 35 career passes defended (nine as a senior). It cost Green Bay pick No. 160, 201 and 255.
No. 160 (fifth round) and No. 201 (sixth round): Traded to Jets (mentioned above)
No. 236 (seventh round): Nyjalik Kelly, edge, Central Florida
Reunited with his college teammate and position-mate Lawrence, the Packers take a 6-5, 256 pounder who began his college career at Miami and started the last two years at UCF, with 22.5 career tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks, plus an interception this year.
No. 255 (seventh round): Traded to Jets (mentioned above)
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We simulated the NFL draft three times. Here’s who the Packers got
Reporting by JR Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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