Although the selection of Devonte Wyatt provides an outlier, the five-year draft history of Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst paints a fairly clear picture in terms of first-round preferences: this team wants young, elite athletes on Day 1.
Wyatt was 24 when selected last year, but the six other first-round picks, including Quay Walker, were either 21 or 22 years old with a Relative Athletic Score (RAS) of 8.0 or higher. Of the seven first-rounders, five were 21 years old, and five had a RAS of 9.0 or higher.
| Year | Player | Age | RAS |
| 2018 | Jaire Alexander | 21 | 9.54 |
| 2019 | Rashan Gary | 21 | 9.95 |
| 2019 | Darnell Savage | 21 | 8.35 |
| 2020 | Jordan Love | 21 | 8.46 |
| 2021 | Eric Stokes | 22 | 9.38 |
| 2022 | Quay Walker | 21 | 9.63 |
| 2022 | Devonte Wyatt | 24 | 9.60 |
Obviously, the Packers were comfortable deviating some from these tendencies. Taking Walker was an outlier in terms of positional value, while Wyatt was a big outlier in terms of age. Still, the age and athleticism tendencies can provide a road map to locating who could be prime first-round options for the Packers in 2023.
Let’s take a look, using NFL Mock Draft Database’s consensus big board as a guide. Criteria: top 50 big board, 22 years old or younger, RAS of 8.0 or higher. Why the top 50? Walker was the consensus No. 49 player last year.