Jayden Reed’s father would be proud. His “Bird” is taking flight to the pros. And on his 23rd birthday, no less.
The Michigan State football wide receiver was selected Friday night in the second round of the NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers with the No. 50 overall pick.
Reed is MSU's highest-selected wide receiver since Devin Thomas went in the second round of the 2008 draft to Washington with the 34th pick.
The 5-foot-11, 187-pound Reed returned to MSU for his fifth collegiate season in 2022 but battled injuries all fall, from a foot issue during preseason camp to a sore hip against Western Michigan in the season opener to a deep laceration on his lower back from sliding into a corner of a bench against Akron in Week 2.