April
According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Inside Linebackers
Inside Linebackers: Here’s the eighth of a series of articles, looking specifically at the NFL combine and the Packers’ drafting tendencies. (Read here for the rationale for this series, here for quarterbacks, here for running backs, here for wide receivers, here for tight ends, here for offensive tackles, here for offensive interior linemen, here for defensive ends and here for outside linebackers). This article will use the combine numbers from previous players drafted by GM Ted Thompson as a guide for what inside linebackers are likely to fit into the Packers’ scheme.
Again, this is merely an attempt to make a best guess based on statistics at which players the Packers might be interested in, game tape naturally trumps combine numbers, so take all of this with a grain of salt. But I believe it will make for some interesting discussion. Also listed below are also two inside linebackers in this year’s draft who I think fit the Packers scheme the best, based on their combine numbers.
Statistics of inside linebackers linemen drafted by the Packers:
| Name | Height | Weight | 40-Yard | 3-Cone | Shuttle | Vertical | Broad | Bench |
| A.J. Hawk | 6’1” | 245.00 | 4.59 | 6.82 | 3.96 | 40.00 | 115.00 | 24.00 |
| Abdul Hodge | 6’0” | 235.00 | 4.76 | 7.11 | 4.35 | 31.00 | 108.00 | 25.00 |
| Desmond Bishop | 6’2” | 241.00 | 4.81 | 7.14 | 4.65 | 32.50 | 112.00 | 33.00 |
| Average | 6’1” | 240.33 | 4.72 | 7.02 | 4.32 | 34.50 | 111.67 | 27.33 |
| StDev | 1.00 | 5.03 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 4.82 | 3.51 | 4.93 |
