GREEN BAY, Wis. – With a seventh-round pick, a team might as well swing for the fences. It’s the ultimate low-risk, high-reward draft pick.
From that perspective, the Green Bay Packers’ selection of Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill with the fourth-to-last pick of the 2021 NFL Draft was universally praised by our scouting sources.
“That’s a great pick,” one area scout said. “I was surprised he was on the board in the sixth, let alone the end of the seventh.”
In 2019, Hill rushed for 1,350 yards (5.6 average) and 10 touchdowns. Hill paced the SEC in rushing yards per game, was second-team all-conference and won the Conerly Trophy as the best college player in the state of Mississippi.