Each first round choice made by GM Packers Brian Gotekunst since 2018 (update 2025)

Green bay packers The managing director Brian Gutekunst holds the 23rd choice in total in the first round of the NFL 2025 draft.

Since taking control as director general in 2018, Gutekunst has made nine first round choices – at least one every year and two in 2019 and 2022. He exchanged four times (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) and TWICE used professions to acquire an additional first -round choice (exchange in 2018, merchant Davante Adams in 2022).

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His assessment clearly shows Gutekunst’s preference for young people (21 or 22 years old) and athletic perspectives (RAS of 8.0 or more, preferably 9.0 or more) in the first round. The position value is important (two on-board rushers, two cornerings, a quarter-back and an offensive line player among the nine) but positions outside the “premium positions” perceived will be taken into account. Of the nine, seven were defensive players. At least five came from the best college football programs.

Here is a review of Gutekunst choices in the first round in the past seven years:

2018: CB Jaire Alexander, Louisville

Choose: n ° 18 in total

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Height: 5-10 Weight: 196ras: 9.54age: 21

To exchange? Yes. Gutekunst first exchanged from No. 14, then exchanged until No. 18 to obtain Alexander.

Still as a team? Yes, for now. The packers have signed Alexandre for a record contract in 2022, but he has missed at least 10 games in the past three years and could be exchanged or released this offseason.

2019: LB Rashan Gary, Michigan

Choose: n ° 12 in total

Height: 6-5 Weight: 277ras: 9.95age: 21

To exchange? No. The packers held the 12th choice after finishing 6-9-1 in 2018.

Still as a team? Yes. Gary became a player of difference as a full -time shooter in 2021, then signed a four -year extension with the packers in October 2023.

2019: S Darnell Savage, Maryland

Choose: N ° 21 in total

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 198ras: 8.35: 21

To exchange? Yes. Gutekunst exchanged a pair of choice of fourth round to mount and obtain Savage, which was the first defender of the 2019 draft board of directors.

Still as a team? No. Savage has played its five -year recruit contract, including the fifth year option exercised by the team. But he left as a free agent without restriction of the offseason, signing a multi -year agreement with the Jacksonville jaguars.

2020: QB Jordan Love, Utah State

Choose: N ° 26 in total

Height: 6-4weight: 219ras: 8.46age: 21

To exchange? Yes. Gutekunst sent a choice of fourth round to Miami Dolphins To go from n ° 30.

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Still as a team? Yes. Love was seated behind Aaron Rodgers for three seasons, but took over as a starter in 2023. He signed a lucrative and multi-year contract to enclose his status as a quarter of the franchise in Green Bay Last-Saison.

2021: CB Eric Stokes, Georgia

Choose: n ° 29 in total

Height: 6-0weight: 194ras: 9.38: 22

To exchange? No. Gutekunst remained at n ° 29 in total.

Still as a team? No. Packers refused the fifth year of Stokes option, and he left Green Bay to sign a one -year agreement with the Las Vegas raiders This off -season. He played four most disappointing seasons – including two ruined by an injury – with packers.

2022: LB Quay Walker, Georgia

Choose: n ° 22 in total

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Height: 6-4weight: 241ras: 9.63: 21

To exchange? No, but Gutekunst received this choice of trade in the trade which sent Davante Adams to the Raiders of Las Vegas.

Still as a team? Yes. Walker was a starter during each of his first three seasons of the NFL. Packers must decide on its fifth year option during the offseason, but the team seems to believe that it is a long -term fundamental article on defense.

2022: DL Devonte Wyatt, Georgia

Choose: n ° 27 in total

Height: 6-3 Weight: 304ras: 9.54age: 24

To exchange? No. Gutekunst remained at n ° 28.

Still as a team? Yes. Wyatt has produced 10.5 bags in the past two seasons and takes place in 2025 while waiting to be a high disruptor for the packer front. Like Walker, packers must decide on its fifth year option during the offseason.

2023: Edge Rusher Lukas Van Ness, Iowa

Choose: n ° 13 in total

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Height: 6-5 Weight: 272ra: 9.39: 21

To exchange? Yes, technically. Packers went from n ° 15 to the trade that sent Aaron Rodgers to New York Jets.

Still as a team? Yes. Van Ness produced 4.0 bags in a role of rotation as a recruit, but he did not make a big second year jump in 2024. He must be a third -year player hit at the defensive end in 2025.

2024: Jordan Morgan offensive player, Arizona

Choose: N ° 25 in total

Height: 6-5 Weight: 311ras: 9.25: 22

To exchange? No. Gutekunst remained at n ° 25 in total.

Still as a team? Yes. Morgan played in six games as a recruit, but treated three shoulder injuries before needing a surgery at the end of the season. He will participate to be the left departure tackle or the right -wing right guard in 2025.

Choice of first round (9)

• 2018 – JAIRE Alexander – CB – Louisville – No. 18 Globally – RAS: 9.54 – Age: 21

• 2019 – Rashan Gary – Edge – Michigan – No. 12 Globally – RAS: 9.95 – Age: 21

• 2019 – Darnell Savage – S – Maryland – No. 21 Globally – RAS: 8.35 – Age: 21

• 2020 – Jordan Love – QB – Utah State – No. 26 Globally – RAS: 8.46 – Age: 21

• 2021 – Eric Stokes – CB – Georgia – No. 29 Globally – RAS: 9.38 – Age: 22

• 2022 – Quay Walker – LB – Georgia – No. 22 Globally – RAS: 9.63 – Age: 21

• 2022 – Devonte Wyatt – DL – Georgia – No. 27 Globally – RAS: 9.60 – Age: 24

• 2023 – Lukas van Ness – Edge – Iowa – No. 13 Overall – RAS: 9.39 – Age: 21

• 2024 – Jordan Morgan – OL – Arizona – No. 25 Globally – RAS: 9.25 – 22 years

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