Packers select LB Isaiah McDuffie with 220th pick in 2021 NFL Draft

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images With their first selection in round six of the 2021 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers looked to their own backyard — quite literally — by selecting Wisconsin Badgers and former Bay Port High School offensive tackle Cole Van Lanen.

But with the 220th pick of the draft, the Packers went back East, grabbing a player from Boston College for the second straight draft. This time it is linebacker Isaiah McDuffie, a small but speedy linebacker.

At 6-foot-1 and 227 pounds, McDuffie fits the modern mold of an agile linebacker, running his 40-yard dash in a reported 4.58 seconds. He was a part-time starter as a true sophomore then lost most of his 2019 to a knee injury…