Aside from early draft picks, rookies in the NFL often earn playing time and roster spots through their contributions on special teams. For coordinator Maurice Drayton, who is charged with leading those units for the Green Bay Packers, the team’s crop of 2021 draftees offers him some intriguing clay to begin molding over the next several months.
Drayton spoke to Packers media on Wednesday afternoon, the team’s day off between OTA practices this week, and expressed his excitement with several members of this year’s class.
Although Drayton said he was speaking of players in no particular order, fifth-round cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles earned the first bit of praise.