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100 Days of Mocks: Three-Rounder Starts With Elite Receiver

The Green Bay Packers went receiver, outside linebacker, tight end in this new three-round mock draft.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – A first-round receiver for the Green Bay Packers? Hasn’t happened since 2002 but what better way to make another run with Aaron Rodgers or give Jordan Love a chance for instant success.

In a three-round mock draft for Pro Football Network, Kent Platte went with TCU star Quentin Johnston with the 15th overall pick.

(Platte, by the way, is the brains behind Relative Athletic Scores.)

“It seems almost unfair for the Green Bay Packers to land Quentin Johnston after they drafted Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs, but the embarrassment of riches would allow the team to concentrate all of their efforts elsewhere for several years,” Platte wrote.

“Johnston is expected to test among the best height/weight/speed players at the Combine, similar to Watson last season. Putting both on the field at the same time would be nearly impossible to defend, as long as their quarterback is even somewhat competent.”

Listed at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, Johnston is a freak. In 2022, he caught 60 passes for 1,069 yards (17.8 average) and six touchdowns. While a lot of those numbers were put up against lousy Big 12 defenses, he destroyed Michigan in the College Football Playoffs with six receptions for 163 yards and one touchdown.

“Long, fast, explosive athlete who has really good hands,” one AFC exec told SI.com’s Albert Breer. “He’s physical to attack the ball and really tough after the catch.”

Johnston is the son of two military parents.

“The kid's an extremely hard worker and a great person to be around,” TCU quarterback and Heisman Trophy-runner-up Max Duggan said. “He wants to show up and grow to work. He wants to practice. He wants to do all the little stuff and the dirty stuff. He wants to lift weights.

“I think that's what makes him such a good player. Obviously, we know what he is talent-wise, but the type of person he is makes him special.”

The Packers took care of a big need in the second round by adding a tight end-turned-edge defender, then went back on offense with a tight end in the third round. Check out the mock for those selections.

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100 Days of Mocks

Starting Jan. 17, when there were 100 days until the start of the NFL Draft, we started our mock-worthy goal of 100 mock drafts in 100 days. Here’s the 100-day-countdown series.

68 days: Grandson of Glory Years legend

69 days: Mayer to Packers in SI mock

70 days: Football Outsiders picks pass rusher

71 days: 33rd Team trades Rodgers in two-rounder

71 days (bonus): Todd McShay 2.0

72 days: Packers take receiver to start NFL.com three-rounder

73 days: Packers fill big need with big man

74 days: Rodgers traded, take two pass-catchers in first round

75 days: Two NFL.com mocks, two different tight ends

76 days: Tight end and pass rusher in two-rounder by NFL Draft Bible

77 days: Rodgers traded to Raiders for No. 7 pick

78 days: A seven-round mock includes Big Ten playmakers

79 days: Rodgers traded in two-round mock

80 days: Packers take safety in ESPN mock

81 days: Aaron Rodgers traded in three-round mock

82 days: Seven mocks, including NFL.com

83 days: Two pass-catchers in first-round mocks

84 days: Aaron Rodgers traded for extra first-round pick

85 days: PFF picks a pass rusher

86 days: Tight end in NFL Draft Bible Mock

87 days: Packers trade back, get extra second-rounder

88 days: Sorry, vacation day.

89 days: A “Eureka!” moment in two-round mock

90 days: Playmaking cornerback at PFF

91 days: Three defensive backs in seven-round mock

92 days: Kiper takes a tight end

93 days: Safety first for Bucky Brooks in NFL.com mock

94 days: College Football News mocks Mayer

95 days: Two firsts if Rodgers is traded

96 days: NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah goes back to Georgia

97 days: This pick would break a long drought

98 days: Stud tight end

99 days: Trading for outside linebacker

100 days: First-round quarterback?

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Bill Huber
BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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