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List of draftable defensive backs who meet Packers’ testing benchmarks is small in 2020

The Green Bay Packers’ athletic testing benchmarks for NFL Draft prospects are well-established at this point, and the team may stick to their number cutoffs more tightly in the secondary than at any other position. The team might bend slightly on one number for a player if he’s right near the borderline — think about Jaire Alexander’s 5102 height in 2018 — but generally the team has stuck tightly to their guns on three areas: height, speed, and agility.

For height, the team typically likes players who come in above 5-foot-10-1/2. Alexander was a slight bit shorter at 5-foot-10-1/4, and as GM Brian Gutekunst said at this year’s NFL Combine, he was right at “the Mendoza line,” alluding to the cutoff mark.