The Packers’ receiver room is crowded enough that a promising rookie can get lost in the shuffle, but J. Michael Sturdivant has a real path to make some noise once training camp opens.
Green Bay has already done a lot of the heavy lifting at the position. Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden and Christian Watson are essentially locked in.
Savion Williams looks close to a sure thing, and Skyy Moore should have a strong grip on a spot thanks to his return ability. The Packers gave Moore a one-year, $2.5 million deal for a reason, and that reason matters.
If those names all stick, only one opening may remain.
That’s where Sturdivant enters the picture.
The undrafted rookie has the size and speed to make this interesting, and the Packers have a notable history working in his favor. Since 2005, at least one undrafted rookie has made Green Bay’s Week 1 53-man roster, and Sturdivant could keep that streak alive.
He won’t have an easy climb, though. Bo Melton, Isaiah Neyor and Will Sheppard are all in the mix too, and all three bring more experience than the rookie.
Neyor, in particular, turned heads during the offseason program. That helps explain why ESPN’s Rob Demovsky left Sturdivant off his 53-man projection and kept Melton in the mix instead.
Still, Sturdivant isn’t a long shot to ignore.
His college production was part of the reason he went undrafted, but the source of that muted output is part of the story too: he didn’t have a good quarterback throwing him the ball. In Green Bay, that changes. He’ll get a better chance to show what he can do with a more favorable setup.
And there’s another opening here. Neyor and Sheppard didn’t log a single snap last season, while Melton’s numbers were modest - four catches for 107 yards - and his cornerback experiment didn’t go anywhere. That leaves the door cracked for Sturdivant to make his case in camp and force his way into the 53-man conversation.
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