Green Bay Packers 2011 Draft — Fourth Round, No.131: CB Davon House

After trading the first of their two fourth-round picks to Denver, the Green Bay Packers selected New Mexico State cornerback Davon House with the compensatory picked received after DE Aaron Kampman’s free-agent departure.

Green Bay Packers 2011 NFL Draft — 3rd Round, No. 96: RB Alex Green

With the 96th overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected Hawaii running back Alex Green.

According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Safety

Cornerbacks: Here’s the tenth and final 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, here for outside linebackers, here for inside linebackers and here for cornerbacks). This article will use the combine numbers from previous players drafted by GM Ted Thompson as a guide for what safeties are likely to fit into the Packers’ scheme.

According to Hobbes: Packers Offseason Primer on the NFL Combine: Cornerbacks

The NFL is a passing league now and it makes sense that cornerbacks are one of the most highly drafted players in the NFL, right after wide receivers; just as offenses are trotting out 5 wide receivers, defenses are following suit with multiple cornerbacks, with the nickel cornerback being a de facto starter these days. With that being said Ted Thompson doesn’t have the best track record of picking cornerbacks in the draft.