(WNFL/LEARFIELD/PACKERS) – It was a busy day 2 of the NFL Draft for the Green Bay Packers with a contract signing and making a couple of picks.
The Packers selected a pair of defensive players and made a trade on day 2 o the NFL Draft.
Green Bay used the 52nd overall selection in round two on South Carolina defensive back Brandon Cisse .
From Cisse’s bio, the cornerback who spent one season under Torrian Gray’s tutelage in Columbia after transferring from North Carolina State in
January of 2025… logged 65 tackles and 10 pass breakups with two interceptions in three seasons of college football… declared
for the NFL Draft following his junior campaign… invited to the NFL Combine.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst talked about what he liked in Cisse.
Then the Packers sent a 5th round pick to Tampa Bay to move up 7-spots and select Missouri DT Chris McClellen in round three.
McClellen compiled these stats in his senior season. Started in every regular season game and appeared in all 13 games this season … Posted 48 total
tackles (15 solo), 6.0 sacks, 8.0 TFL, six quarterback hurries, and a pair of pass breakups on the season.
And what did Gutekunst see in McClellan?
Why did Gutekunst make the trade with Tampa Bay to move up 7 spots to get McClellan?
Reed gets contract extension: The Green Bay Packers have signed wide receiver Jayden Reed to a contract extension. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Friday
Gutekunst talked about the extension for Reed.
Reed, who was selected by the Packers in the second round (No. 50 overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Michigan State, has played in 40 games with 26 starts and in four postseason contests with three starts in his first three seasons. He has registered 138 receptions for 1,857 yards (13.5 avg.) and 15 TDs and rushed the ball 34 times for 310 yards (9.1 avg.) and three TDs during the regular season. In the playoffs, Reed has posted 12 receptions for 124 yards (10.3 avg.) and a TD as well as two carries for 23 yards (11.5 avg.). He has also returned 27 punts for 225 yards (8.3 avg.) in the regular season and four punts for 42 yards in the postseason (10.5 avg.).
Among wide receivers with 100 receptions, Reed ranks No. 1 in the NFL in passer rating when targeted (126.8) since 2023 (TruMedia). His receptions-per-target percentage of 72.3 ranks No. 7 in the league among wide receivers with a minimum of 100 receptions since 2023 (TruMedia). Reed was the first player in league history to post 750-plus receiving yards, 55-plus receptions, six-plus receiving TDs, 100-plus rushing yards and a rushing TD in each of his first two NFL seasons (2023-24) and was one of just three NFL players to hit those marks in back-to-back seasons (WR Bobby Mitchell, 1966-67; RB Marshall Faulk, 2000-01). He set a franchise rookie record with 64 receptions in 2023, eclipsing WR Sterling Sharpe’s mark of 55 catches in 1988.
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