April
According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Offensive Interior Linemen
Offensive Interior Linemen: Here’s the sixth of a series of articles and final for the offense, 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 and here for offensive tackles). This article will use the combine numbers from previous players drafted by GM Ted Thompson as a guide for what offensive interior linemen 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 offensive interior linemen in this year’s draft who I think fit the Packers scheme the best, based on their combine numbers.
Statistics of offensive interior linemen drafted by the Packers:
| Name | Height | Weight | 40-Yard | 3-Cone | Shuttle | Vertical | Broad | Bench |
| Junius Coston | 6’3” | 317.00 | 5.31 | 7.93 | 4.64 | 29.50 | 102.00 | 21.00 |
| Will Whitticker | 6’5” | 338.00 | 5.35 | 7.90 | 4.75 | 29.50 | 97.00 | 29.00 |
| Daryn Colledge | 6’4” | 300.00 | 5.05 | 7.46 | 4.60 | 32.50 | 110.00 | 21.00 |
| Jason Spitz | 6’4” | 310.00 | 5.40 | 7.82 | 4.56 | 28.50 | 102.00 | 25.00 |
| Tony Moll | 6’4” | 285.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 18.00 |
| Josh Sitton | 6’4” | 320.00 | 5.30 | 7.55 | 4.50 | 29.00 | 108.00 | 28.00 |
