Every pick in the NFL Draft is a bit of a mystery. If someone had figured out how to project college players, the bust rate would be a heck of a lot lower than it is — and it’s high. Chances are better that you’re going to draft somebody that can’t play a lick than someone who goes on to be an above-average player, much less a star.
I don’t know what camp Ole Miss’s Walter Nolen falls into, but there’s more mystery to him as a prospect than most. The Packers are doing some work trying to untangle that mystery.