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Packers prospects: 11 best interior O-Line fits in 2026 NFL Draft

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Green Bay could look to add a versatile interior offensive lineman in the upcoming draft to help plan ahead for the future.

Next up in the Green Bay Packers prospects series is the interior offensive line, where Green Bay could be searching to find more depth and competition in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft. Whether it is offensive tackles or the interior , the Packers have trended towards experienced college O-linemen, and it has also been extremely rare for them to draft a prospect who played exclusively at guard in college. In fact, they have drafted only one true guard out of 34 offensive line picks since 2005, which was Simon Stepaniak in 2020, a sixth-round pick.

That means their draft picks on the interior are pretty much all college centers. Along with college experience, there are also physical factors the Packers take into account. The average Green Bay draft pick on the interior since 2005 has been 6-3 ⅘, 307 pounds with 32 ¾” arms.

The lowest marks in those measurements have been 6-2 ½ and 296 pounds (both Corey Linsley) with 32” arms (three players tied). Hand size may also matter at center, which makes sense as they have to snap the ball. Packers interior picks have averaged 10” hands, with only two players falling below that: Linsley at 9 ⅞” and Jake Hanson, who was a big outlier at 9 ¼”.

If there is any reason to explain why they took Josh Myers over Creed Humphrey, hand size might be the only argument. Myers had 10 ⅜” hands, while Humphrey’s were only 9 ⅝”. It is difficult to draw hard lines regarding the type of athleticism they are looking for on the interior, as five of the nine interior body types they have drafted had incomplete testing, including Myers, who they took in Round 2 (although his lack of testing was due to injury).

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