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Packers getting immediate returns from promising 2022 draft class

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Six rookies have combined for 27 starts this seasonWes Hodkiewicz

GREEN BAY - If there's been one silver lining to all the adversity the Packers have faced this season, it's been the promising returns they've received straightaway from a deep and talented 2022 draft class.

With injuries mounting at several key spots, much of the Packers' rookie class already has been pressed into action this season. Through 11 games, nine rookie draft picks have combined for 1,980 snaps (908 offense, 885 defense and 186 special teams) over 67 games, including 27 starts.

First-round pick Quay Walker accounts for 10 of those starts and has only continued to pick up steam while relaying the defensive play calls for the past three weeks in the absence of All-Pro linebacker De'Vondre Campbell, who remains out with a knee injury.