Packers 53-Man Roster Projection Heading Into 2025 Training Camp

The Green Bay Packers are back at Lambeau Field and ready to dive into their first practice of their 2025 NFL training camp slate today at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Throughout the next five weeks, the Packers will have 15 practices (including a joint session with the Seattle Seahawks) and three preseason games along with their annual Family Night scrimmage to evaluate their current personnel. They will then take what they have learned and trim their roster down to its initial 53-man form for the regular season, making their decisions before the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday, August 27.

Before the action begins, here’s a look at the Packers’ current roster and a projection for which players will make their 53-man roster to begin the 2025 regular season:

Quarterback (2): Jordan Love, Malik Willis

The Packers could devote the majority of their preseason reps to Sean Clifford and the Canadian rookie, Taylor Elgersma, with a clear 1-2 pecking order at quarterback. The winner between Clifford and Elgersma will be a top candidate to return on the practice squad as the team’s No. 3 quarterback for the 2025 season.

Cut: Sean Clifford, Taylor Elgersma

Running Back (3): Josh Jacobs, MarShawn Lloyd, Emanuel Wilson

Chris Brooks is a tough runner who could push to be No. 3 in the lineup, but Wilson is coming off a 2024 season in which he rushed for 504 yards and four touchdowns as the secondary option behind Jacobs. The return of Lloyd — who played 14 offensive snaps as a rookie due to injuries — also makes it a tougher rotation to crack. If everyone stays healthy, this trio should hold; though, Brooks would make sense as a practice squader.

Cut: Chris Brooks, Amar Johnson (R), Jalen White (R)

Wide Receiver (6): Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden, Dontayvion Wicks, Savion Williams, Mecole Hardman Jr.

For all the jabbering about the Packers’ logjam at wide receiver, the room is relatively easy to predict as long as they do not do anything extreme like trading away Doubs. The returning contributors (Doubs, Reed and Wicks) are solid locks to make the roster, as are the two rookie draft picks. Watson will also stick around, but he is more likely to start the season on the PUP list while he recovers from last year’s ACL injury. The real question is: Who will emerge as the sixth man in the rotation? Hardman is a veteran with return ability, but Malik Heath or rookie Sam Brown Jr. could bump him out.

PUP List: Christian Watson (ACL injury)

Cut: Malik Heath, Bo Melton, Sam Brown Jr. (R), Julian Hicks, Cornelius Johnson, Will Sheppard

Tight End (3): Tucker Kraft, Luke Musgrave, John FitzPatrick

No question that Kraft and Musgrave will helm the position group in 2025, as long as both stay healthy. Things are less certain when it comes to the No. 3 role, though, as Ben Sims and FitzPatrick are both worthy candidates. In this case, we’ll give the edge to FitzPatrick as a more physically-imposing talent who can help the run game.

Cut: Johnny Lumpkin, Ben Sims, Messiah Swinson

Offensive Line (10): Rasheed Walker, Aaron Banks, Elgton Jenkins, Jordan Morgan, Zach Tom, Anthony Belton, Sean Rhyan, Jacob Monk, Kadeem Telfort, Travis Glover

Some of the Packers’ biggest 2025 positional battles will take place on their offensive line, but most of the linemen fighting for roles are not exactly holding on for dear life. The Packers are going to keep both Morgan and Rhyan regardless of which one wins the starting right guard job. The same goes for Walker and Belton in their competition for the left tackle job. The depth spots are where there is much more wiggle room. Seventh-round rookie John Williams would normally gain an edge here as a draft selection, but his current status on the PUP list opens the door for Telfort to win out as the fourth offensive tackle on the roster.

Cut: Brant Banks (R), Tyler Cooper (R), Trey Hill, Donovan Jennings, J.J. Lippe (R), John Williams (R)

Defensive End (6): Rashan Gary, Lukas Van Ness, Kingsley Enagbare, Barryn Sorrell, Collin Oliver, Brenton Cox Jr.

Maybe the Packers will swing a grand trade for superstar Trey Hendrickson that shakes up the projections here, but that seems unlikely given GM Brian Gutekunst’s history. It is far more likely that he looks at an edge-rusher room stuffed with draft picks and lets them play it out. One thing that could change this projection is the health of Oliver, who is starting camp on the PUP list. If his injury lingers, he will have a tough time winning a roster spot. It might even prompt the Packers to keep five edge rushers instead of six.

Cut: Deslin Alexandre, Arron Mosby

Defensive Tackle (5): Kenny Clark, Devonte Wyatt, Warren Brinson, Colby Wooden, Karl Brooks

Clark and Wyatt are locks to make the roster, while Wooden and Brooks’ experience in Jeff Hafley’s defensive system makes them logical choices to contribute to the rotation again in 2025. Brinson, a sixth-round rookie, is the mystery. The Packers found him impressive enough to take him late on Day 3, but they also picked up Nazir Stackhouse as a priority free agent after the draft. He could just as easily claim the fifth spot. Or, if the Packers only keep five edge rushers, they could hang onto Brinson and Stackhouse.

Cut: James Ester, Keith Randolph Jr., Nazir Stackhouse (R)

Linebacker (5): Quay Walker, Edgerrin Cooper, Isaiah McDuffie, Isaiah Simmons, Ty’Ron Hopper

The core of this group feels settled. Walker is stuck on the PUP list to begin camp, but he will return at some point and slot into the starting lineup when he does. Meanwhile, Cooper, Hopper and McDuffie — who signed a two-year, $8 million extension in March — are also locks to make the roster, leaving only the fifth linebacker role up for grabs. The Packers are excited about Simmons’ versatility for their defense, so the former first-round pick will get the nod for now, but both Kristian Welch and rookie Jamon Dumas-Johnson will have opportunities to overtake him if they show more upside and value.

Cut: Jamon Dumas-Johnson (R), Kristian Welch

Cornerback (5): Keisean Nixon, Nate Hobbs, Carrington Valentine, Kalen King, [Veteran Free-Agent Signing]

The Packers have got to add someone else to their roster, right? They have a solid trio in Nixon, Hobbs and Valentine, but the depth behind them is a bunch of dart throws. King has the most potential to make the roster now that the injury that cost him time in the spring seems to be behind him, but he must still earn it properly in camp battles. The fifth spot would have gone to seventh-round rookie Micah Robinson, but he is starting camp on the PUP list and can’t be counted on until he returns. Who do the Packers sign (or trade for) instead? Your guess is as good as mine, but it is hard to imagine they do not have some additional plan in place, even if they wait a week to execute it.

Cut: Micah Robinson, Johnathan Baldwin, Isaiah Dunn, Kamal Hadden, Tyron Herring (R), Gregory Junior

Safety (5): Xavier McKinney, Evan Williams, Javon Bullard, Kitan Oladapo, Zayne Anderson

There isn’t much to discuss about this group. The Packers will almost certainly keep five safeties because of Bullard’s expected role as the team’s slot cornerback, but then again, it is also just good practice to keep developing promising young defensive backs, which both Oladapa and Anderson are, despite holding backup roles in the defensive lineup.

Cut: Kahzir Brown (R), Omar Brown

Specialist (3): Brandon McManus, Matt Orzech, Daniel Whealan

The Packers made a small adjustment to their specialist room before the start of camp when they released second-year kicker Alex Hale. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Hale had sustained an eye injury that is expected to keep him sidelined for “several weeks,” which prompted the Packers to release him and sign rookie Mark McNamee — who is also eligible for an international roster exemption — in his place. In terms of the 53-man roster, though, the kicker shake-up changes nothing.

Cut: Mark McNamee