Injuries were a defining characteristic for the Green Bay Packers’ draft picks in 2017. Nearly every player in last year’s draft class who made the 53-man roster dealt with some sort of injury during the season, some missing significant time with their physical ailments.
Let’s look at the number of games played by each of these players:
As you can see, only two of these players suited up for every game, and even Williams lost out on a big chance for playing time early on. After Ty Montgomery was injured against the Bears, Williams was next up but was knocked him out of the game himself, leading to Jones taking on the primary role in the backfield.