Analysis: The Packers may have drafted their kicker of the future with one of several sixth-round picks on Saturday. Anders Carlson was a five-year starter at Auburn and ended his career there with a 71% (76/107) field goal percentage. Carlson is the younger brother of Daniel Carlson, now kicking for the Raiders.
Carlson was Dane Brugler’s third-ranked kicker and will attempt to follow in the footsteps of Mason Crosby who played an incredible 16 seasons for the Packers. Like many of the Packers’ picks this draft, Carlson’s best year was not 2022. In 2020, Carlson had a 91% FG percentage and missed just one XP, in 2021 he tore his ACL, and in 2022 his FG percentage was just 70.