Six New Top 30 Visits Analyzed — What Gute Is Really Looking For on Defense
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Pack Nation, the Packers' pre-draft visitor list just got longer — and some of these names are worth paying very close attention to. Pack Daddy breaks down six newly surfaced top 30 visits, running the full scouting report on each prospect and what their presence in the building might signal about Green Bay's draft strategy heading into April.
- Anthony Smith (WR, ECU): A 6'3" track star with elite deep speed, 1,053 yards in 2025, and a 92 PFF grade on deep targets — a classic boom-or-bust vertical threat with a Gabe Davis pro comp and likely UDFA landing spot
- Caleb Proctor (DT, SE Louisiana): A walk-on turned SLC Defensive Player of the Year with a 90 pass rush grade and elite combine athleticism — the production is real, but the competition level questions linger
- Christian Miller (DT, Georgia): Possibly the most important visit on this list — an elite run-defending tackle with 90 PFF run defense grade and a Jonathan Gannon connection through Jordan Davis that's hard to ignore
- Jayden Duggar (LB, Louisiana): A converted safety with rare length, sideline-to-sideline range, and a Fred Warner comp — exactly the kind of coverage linebacker Gannon's scheme demands
- Malcolm DeWalt (CB, Akron): A 6'2.5", 4.35 guy who nearly quit football to blend protein powder — one of the more remarkable underdog stories in this class, with Valentine-type upside on special teams
If history tells us anything, somebody on this list is going to end up in green and gold. The question is who. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and keep your big board updated at nfldraftgrades.com!
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. |
| 0:12.4 | I am your host and resident panelists. |
| 0:14.3 | As always, Ryan Schlipp, check us out online, packernet.com. |
| 0:18.8 | Find me on Twitter pack underscore. Well, we are going to get back to the |
| 0:24.7 | linebacker thing, I promise. There have been more top 30 visits, though, and so I want to |
| 0:31.7 | very quickly go over that, and then we'll presumably, we'll have enough time to be able to pivot to looking at |
| 0:38.9 | the linebacker position under the new scheme, the roles and all that kind of stuff, and then |
| 0:44.3 | maybe a couple linebacker prospects that would make sense in the draft. And actually, I'm going to |
| 0:52.1 | be honest with you, kind of going back and looking at it, |
| 0:54.9 | it looks like this hasn't really been update. What was the last time this was updated? Maybe the |
| 1:00.4 | third was the most recent pro day. There might be, or a top 30 visit, I mean, there might be |
| 1:07.2 | too many. We might just be doing another top 30 visit day because I'm just going |
| 1:11.4 | back through Easton Butler's profile here and it looks like we're missing quite a few. So |
| 1:16.6 | we'll just, we'll do that and we'll see where that leaves us. Anywho, before we delve into that, |
| 1:23.5 | probably should let everybody know the important news of the day. Apparently, with the departure |
| 1:28.7 | of Quay Walker, Javon Bullard, has decided he wants to be number seven now, and we're all of the |
| 1:34.7 | opinion that's a good move. Not a big numbers guy or color scheme guy, any of that. I don't |
| 1:39.9 | super care. But I like it. I like it. I'm good with it. |
| 1:44.8 | Fine with it. |
| 1:46.3 | And by the way, it goes without saying thank you to Easton Butler for all the updates. |
| 1:50.2 | There's not really much of a better follow at this time of year. |
| 1:54.0 | It's Easton underscore Butler, it looks like. |
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