2022 NFL Draft Order Set; History of Packers’ No. 28 Position

Four Pro Football Hall of Famers have been selected 28th, including one by the Green Bay Packers.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The final two spots in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft were solidified when the Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Rams happily will give the Detroit Lions the last pick of the first round as part of the trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford.

The Green Bay Packers will pick 28th, the byproduct of having the best record among the teams that lost in the divisional round of the playoffs. Green Bay has picked 28th twice in the Super Bowl era. It landed Nick Perry in 2012 and Ezra Johnson in 1977.

Here is the draft order. Below that is the last decade of No. 28 picks as well as the four Pro Football Hall of Famers.

1. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-14)

2. Detroit Lions (3-13-1)

3. Houston Texans (4-13)

4. New York Jets (4-13)

5. New York Giants (4-13)

6. Carolina Panthers (5-12)

7. New York Giants (via 6-11 Bears)

8. Atlanta Falcons (7-10)

9. Denver Broncos (7-10)

10. New York Jets (via 7-10 Seahawks)

11. Washington Commanders (7-10)

12. Minnesota Vikings (8-9)

13. Cleveland Browns (8-9)

14. Baltimore Ravens (8-9)

15. Philadelphia Eagles (via 9-8 Miami Dolphins)

16. Philadelphia Eagles (via 9-8 Colts)

17. Los Angeles Chargers (9-8)

18. New Orleans Saints (9-8)

19. Philadelphia Eagles (9-8, Wild Card loser)

20. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7-1, Wild Card loser)

21. New England Patriots (10-7, Wild Card loser)

22. Las Vegas Raiders (10-7, Wild Card loser)

23. Arizona Cardinals (11-6, Wild Card loser)

24. Dallas Cowboys (12-5, Wild Card loser)

25. Buffalo Bills (11-6, divisional-round loser)

26. Tennessee Titans (12-5, divisional-round loser)

27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (13-4, divisional-round loser)

28. Green Bay Packers (13-4, divisional-round loser)

29. Miami Dolphins (via 10-7 49ers, NFC Championship Game loser)

30. Kansas City Chiefs (12-5, AFC Championship Game loser)

31. Cincinnati Bengals (10-7, Super Bowl loser)

32. Detroit Lions (via 12-5 Rams, Super Bowl winner)

History of Pick No. 28 of NFL Draft

2021: Payton Turner, DE, Saints

Played in five games before going on injured reserve. Even when he was healthy, he was only a part-time player. He had one sack.

2020: Patrick Queen, LB, Ravens

Has started all 33 games in his two seasons with 204 tackles, five sacks, three forced fumbles and three passes defensed. He’s been OK but not as good as the numbers might suggest.

2019: Jerry Tillery, DT, Chargers

Has started 26 games the past two seasons and had a career-high 4.5 sacks this year. Overall, he’s been a disappointment, especially as a run defender.

2018: Terrell Edmunds, S, Steelers

Has started 60 of a possible 65 games, including all 17 this season. In four seasons, he has five interceptions and zero forced fumbles. The Steelers didn’t pick up his fifth-year option.

2017: Taco Charlton, DE, Cowboys

Didn’t even make it to Year 3 in Dallas. A big-time pass rusher at Michigan, he has 11.5 sacks in five seasons. He had a half-sack in 11 games this season for Pittsburgh.

2016: Joshua Garnett, G, 49ers

Started 11 games as a rookie but none thereafter due to a knee injury in 2017 and toe and thumb injuries in 2017. He retired at midseason in 2020 while with Washington.

2015: Laken Tomlinson, G, Lions

Finally, a quality player taken at No. 28. He’s been a starter for all seven seasons. At the end of camp in 2017, the Lions traded him to the 49ers for merely a fifth-round pick. He has become a high-quality starter.

2014: Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Carolina

In five seasons, Benjamin caught 209 passes. Nine of his 20 career touchdowns came as a rookie. He last played in 2018, though he spent this past offseason with the Giants as a tight end.

2013: Sylvester Williams, DT, Broncos

His career started with four seasons in Denver and ended with a return to Denver in 2020. He started 63 games, including 55 from 2014 through 2017, but had only 5.5 sacks.

2012: Nick Perry, OLB, Packers

 Injuries sabotaged his career. He had only 12.5 sacks during his four seasons before a breakout 11-sack season in 2016. Great timing. He turned that into a five-year, $60 million contract, then collected eight sacks in 20 games the next two seasons and was out of the league.

2011: Mark Ingram, RB, Saints

You have to go back this far to find a Pro Bowler – a three-time Pro Bowler at that. Ingram had 1,000-yard seasons in 2016, 2017 and 2019. He returned to New Orleans for another tour of duty this season. In 11 seasons, he’s tallied 7,878 rushing yards, 9,935 total yards and 74 total touchdowns.

Hall of Fame: LB Derrick Brooks, Tampa Bay, 1995

Brooks played 14 NFL seasons and started all 16 games in each of the final 13. For his career, he had 25 interceptions, 24 forced fumbles and 12 consecutive seasons of 100-plus tackles. Three times, he paced the league in solo stops.

Hall of Fame: CB Darrell Green, Washington, 1983

One of the fastest players in NFL history, Green played 20 seasons and recorded a franchise-record 54 interceptions. He scored eight defensive touchdowns and averaged 12.0 yards per punt return.

Hall of Fame: DB Bobby Dillon, Green Bay, 1952

Dillon was one of the NFL’s premier ballhawks despite having lost an eye during a childhood accident. His 52 career interceptions ranked No. 2 in NFL history at the time of his retirement and he's still No. 1 in Packers history.