The Green Bay Packers selected MarShawn Lloyd in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft out of USC. Lloyd was honorable-mention All-Pac-12 Conference in 2023. He was seventh in the FBS with 7.1 yards per carry. He ran the ball 116 times for 820 yards and nine scores. He played in 11 games with six starts.
According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Tom Silverstein, Lloyd’s start to his career began with a slight injury. MarShawn Lloyd told a group of reporters after the Packers’ preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns that he’s been “pushing through a hamstring issue” during training camp.
Lloyd carried once for eight yards and caught one pass for one yard before feeling enough pain that he had to leave the Packers’ game on Saturday against the Cleveland Browns.
“I think he had two touches… and then he goes out. That is disappointing,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “He’s going to have to get healthy because we’ve seen what he’s capable of doing in practice but you’d just like to see it in a real game.”
Lloyd is currently the third running back on the Packers’ depth chart, behind Josh Jacobs and AJ Dillion and in front of Emanuel Wilson, Jarveon Howard and Ellis Merriweather.
There is plenty to be excited about with Lloyd; just do not expect to see much of him in action at the start of the NFL regular season.
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