Top running back Mike Washington Jr. to make pre-draft visit to Packers
The Green Bay Packers are hosting Arkansas running back Mike Washington Jr. on a pre-draft visit. Washington has similar traits with MarShawn Lloyd.
Per NFL rules, the Green Bay Packers are allowed to host up to 30 draft-eligible players (excluding “local” prospects, such as those in the UW system or nearby regional schools such as Northern Illinois) for in-person visits. The Journal Sentinel is tracking the visits and supplying profiles based on information from sources and published reports. GREEN BAY – In his third stop along his college journey, running back Mike Washington Jr.
, became a prospect scouts couldn’t ignore. When he ran a 4. 33-second 40-yard dash and added a 39-inch vertical at the NFL scouting combine, the 6-foot-1, 223-pound Washington solidified himself as a second-day pick.
Washington will make a top-30 pre-draft visit to the Green Bay Packers , according to a league source, and may be a version of MarShawn Lloyd the club hasn’t been able to tap into due to the latter’s injury-filled first two seasons. After transferring to Arkansas for his senior season, Washington had 167 carries for 1,070 yards (6. 4 average) and eight touchdowns, and caught 28 passes for 226 yards (8.
1 average) and a touchdown. In his senior season, the 5-9, 215-pound Lloyd averaged 7. 1 yards per carry and 17.