Many of the Green Bay Packers’ rookies in 2023 had mid- or late-season breakouts as the Packers made the push to the playoffs. One who had a quiet first season in the NFL, though, was fourth-round defensive lineman Colby Wooden — who played 3-4 defensive end for the team.
After playing 49 and 44 percent of the team’s defensive snaps in Week 1 and 2, respectively, Wooden only cracked over 26 percent of the team’s defensive snaps in one remaining game for the 2023 season. Initially, he began last season as Joe Barry’s fourth interior defensive lineman, a position he then lost to Karl Brooks after the Packers’ Week 2 loss to the Atlanta Falcons — a game in which Wooden was often targeted in the ground game.