Green Bay drafted yet another player who came to visit the Packers during the pre-draft process. After trading back in round five with the Denver Broncos , the Green Bay Packers  would end up with four selections in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft . The first of those four came at number 228 overall, a pick that the Packers acquired from the Houston Texans  last August in exchange for cornerback Ka’Dar Hollman.
With that 228th selection, the Green Bay Packers found some depth for their defense and special teams, selecting linebacker Tariq Carpenter from Georgia Tech . Carpenter is yet another draft pick in this year’s class who took an official visit to Green Bay this offseason, joining Devonte Wyatt, Christian Watson, and Romeo Doubs in that category.
A safety in college, Carpenter was noted as a linebacker when the pick was announced, a sign that the Packers see him making a similar transition to that of Oren Burks back in 2018. In fact, both players are particularly similar in terms of their size, speed and explosiveness traits. Carpenter stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 230 pounds, running the 40-yard dash in a reported 4.52 seconds. He also has one of the most explosive broad jumps in history for a linebacker at a whopping 11 feet, 4 inches. However, the one area where he struggles athletically is in his agilities, which were the only subpar measurements and bring his RAS down out of the 9 range (it still sits at 8.92).
Carpenter will likely be tabbed as a special teams contributor early on. He was a four-year starter for the Yellow Jackets at safety, however, getting an extra year of eligibility for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he heads to Green Bay to give them a heat-seeking missile as a depth linebacker and special teams piece.
The Packers will be back on the clock soon with the 237th overall selection.


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Evan "Tex" Western wrote:

Kid is huge Packers fan. He posted a picture of him after our last super bowl win. Find the Tweet!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Last thing I want to read is comparing him to Oren Burks. We just got rid of that fool.

Originally Posted by: PackerNation 

Has anyone heard the Packers official say if they're putting him in the LB or S room?

Originally Posted by: beast 

I site wasn't a Burks fan, but he was extremely helpful on STs. Honestly at one point last season, I thought it might be scare how bad the STs might be without him. I mean it was pretty bad with him.

Originally Posted by: beast 

He was probably the most reliable guy on ST the past few years outside of Redmond. The problem wasn't that Burks was good at ST, it's that ST was all he was good at when they traded two picks (a 4th and 5th) to move up in the 3rd round to get him. Had he been a 6th rounder, nobody would have complained about him.

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra 

Burks has the physical skills, he just couldn't put it all together. He did look better under Barry though.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann