Back in 2017, one of the most notable observations from the Green Bay Packers’ draft was the addition of prospects from the Southeast.
The Packers, in what became Ted Thompson’s final year as General Manager of the team, drafted their first two players from the Southeastern Conference since 2014 during that 2017 NFL Draft. This author’s article at that time pointed out that perhaps the Packers were slightly tweaking their draft philosophy to seek out bigger and faster players — a priority mentioned by the team’s front office during the offseason — specifically through some of the country’s most competitive championship conferences in the SEC and ACC.