2025 Packers roster ranking, 20-11: Young starters vying to be building blocks

The Leap ranks the Green Bay Packers' 90-man roster in order of player caliber.

With the Green Bay Packers on break until training camp and the personnel essentially frozen for the foreseeable future, The Leap will use this time to reveal its annual 90-man roster rankings.

Our methodology: We ordered the players based on ability relative to their respective positions rather than the value of those positions. Put another way, this exercise prioritizes the "best" players, not necessarily the ones who offer the most "value." That means the starting quarterback doesn't have to top the list because of the position he plays.

Each edition of the 90-man roster ranking will include a batch of roughly 10 players. Due to voting ties, some batches will feature slightly more or less.

This group may be the most important on the Packers' roster in determining how much better Green Bay can be this season. It’s all young players who are still hoping to prove they are foundational to this team as it moves through the Jordan Love era.

20. Jordan Morgan

Position: offensive lineman
How acquired: first-round draft pick (2024)

There aren’t more than a handful of Packers players facing more pressure this season than Jordan Morgan. The front office chose him in the 2024 draft over some more highly touted prospects, and his rookie season never got off the ground due to an injury in training camp. Multiple injuries and re-injuries followed during the season.

Adding to the drama and intrigue, we aren’t even sure where he’s going to play this fall. General manager Brian Gutekunst said earlier in the offseason he expects Morgan to compete with Rasheed Walker to start at left tackle. Presumably, Morgan will also get more opportunities to battle with Sean Rhyan at right guard where they platooned last year before Morgan’s injury.

If Morgan wins either one of those and plays well, he will validate the Gutekunst pick and ostensibly upgrade what was already a strength for the Pack.

T-17. Dontayvion Wicks

Position: wide receiver
How acquired: fifth-round draft pick (2023)

If I asked the average NFL fan (non-Packers fan) who led Green Bay in targets last season, most would need more than one guess to land on the correct answer: Dontayvion Wicks. What they more likely know about Wicks is that he led the NFL in drop rate last year and never broke out the way many in the national media suggested he could.

Wicks can still provide that breakout season. His ability to separate has few peers in the league, and he’s an underrated run-after-catch player. By physical profile and skill set, he screams “traditional X receiver,” but he’s never been consistent enough catching the ball to earn that role permanently.

Unfortunately, last year he was the least efficient receiver in the NFL against man coverage, according to TruMedia. Drops certainly didn’t help either, but projecting him as the solution to the Packers’ troubles against man coverage is just that: a projection.