To say the Green Bay Packers opened some eyes with its fifth-round draft selection of Sean Clifford would be a bit of an understatement. But the reactions were all over the place in the moments following the Packers adding Penn State’s all-time leading passer to the roster.
Penn State fans, players, and former players celebrated the news and felt good for Clifford, who was a role model representative of the program for the past six years. But those outside the Penn State family looked at the draft selection with a bit more of a critical eye, which may have been expected given the circumstances and draft outlook for Clifford, who many didn’t even know if he would be drafted at all.
Here are some of the best Twitter reactions to the Sean Clifford draft news.