Following the Green Bay Packers’ surprise selection of quarterback Sean Clifford with the 149th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the team went back to the well of pass-catchers with their next selection at 159 overall. This pick ends up being a player who has been widely projected to the Packers throughout the pre-draft process, as he is a picture-perfect fit for the team’s tendencies and thresholds at wide receiver.
That player is Dontayvion Wicks out of the University of Virginia.
Wicks truly checks all the boxes for the Packers. He’s big and thick, he’s explosive, he has solid agility times, and he’s a very willing and effective run-blocker on the perimeter.