Packers May Have Found Their Next Nose Tackle With Chris McClellan
The Green Bay Packers traded up in the third round Friday night and selected Missouri nose tackle Chris McClellan.
Missouri's Chris McClellan sacks South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers (16) on Sept. 20, 2025. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.
All rights reserved Late bloomer. That’s what the Green Bay Packers hope they’ve found with nose tackle Chris McClellan of Missouri. The Packers selected McClellan in the third round of Friday’s NFL Draft, a player who had a big 2025 campaign after three somewhat quiet collegiate seasons.
Green Bay traded picks No. 84 and 160 to Tampa Bay for pick No. 77 and took McClellan.
“Really excited to get him obviously,” said Milt Hendrickson, the Packers’ director of football operations. “He was a guy that really I think checked a lot of boxes since the middle of the season through the all-star process. Just a guy that the more you watch the more he grew on us and that's ultimately we made the decision to go get him.