GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers’ receiver corps, which underperformed in 2024, will enter the 2025 season a man down following Christian Watson’s torn ACL. With general manager Brian Gutekunst failing to secure a proven, difference-making receiver in the offseason, there is a chance the Packers will use their first-round pick on a receiver for the first time since 2002.
In a new three-round mock draft for USA Today’s Draft Wire, Curt Popejoy sent Missouri receiver Luther Burden III to the Packers.
Burden in three seasons caught 192 passes for 2,263 yards (11.