The Green Bay Packers used their first selection in the draft on a defensive player for the sixth consecutive year when they selected University of Washington defensive back Kevin King (#20). I was a Cheesehead, and I was as probably the most Wisconsin as you can be.
Listed at 6 feet, 212 pounds, Williams has similar measurables to Ty Montgomery, the converted receiver who turned into the starter in the backfield after Eddie Lacy got hurt in October.
Among those are Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins, the team's underachieving first- and second-round draft picks in 2015.
Amichia started all 26 games at left tackle for USF the last two seasons, anchoring an offensive line that paved the way for the Bulls' outstanding running game. While he compiled most of those stats during his sophomore and junior seasons, he was still dominant when healthy for the Badgers past year and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors by the conference's coaches. Jones added three more receiving scores, while tallying 2,006 all-purpose yards (fourth best single-season performance in school history).
It was Biegel's pass-rushing counterpart, T.J. Watt, who had a lot of attention on him in round one of the draft as a potential fit for the Packers.
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It didn't matter to the Green Bay Packers. That changed in 2014 when the general manager selected wide receiver Jared Abbrederis in the fourth round, his first Badger pick. That pick was this one. Even his grandfather, Ken, played Division III football at UW-Eau Claire before becoming a Wisconsin and national high school hall of fame coach. However, it did pick up Jamaal Williams (BYU), Aaron Jones (UTEP) and Devante Mays (Utah State) in the mid-to-late rounds. Williams had to step away from the BYU program after breaking the school's honor code but he made a decision to return in 2016 and finished his career with 1375 yards and 12 touchdowns.
MOVING AROUND: The Packers' other second-round pick, North Carolina State safety Josh Jones, has also played cornerback.
The Packers chose Yancey with pick No. 175 overall after trading back three spots. Green Bay also booted UDFA Don Jackson, who rushed for 32 yards in limited action when the team was severely depleted at RB a year ago. The Packers like Williams' strong lower body and ability to make tackles.
One of the benefits of going to the Packers is the knowledge that Jones will be on a team that has Aaron Rodgers and believes that it should be a playoff team every year.
With the second of their two fourth-round draft picks, the Packers picked up a running back. "He is 5'9-1/2" and 208 pounds and finished top three at the Combine in the short shuttle (4.20), long shuttle (11.53), and 3-cone (6.82).
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