Most of the conventional wisdom among draft analysts this year said that the Green Bay Packers don’t really need a safety very highly this year.
Ted Thompson takes a baseball bat to your conventional wisdom, however.
With the 61st pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers selected safety Josh Jones from North Carolina State.
Jones is an impressive safety with good size, speed, and explosiveness, and he has solid ball skills as well. Measuring in at 6’ 1-3/8” and 220 pounds, he ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine, and added a 37.