The Unpacking Future Packers Countdown is a countdown of 100 prospects who could be selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 2025 NFL draft.
The last time the Green Bay Packers owned the 23rd overall pick they selected Bryan Bulaga during the 2010 NFL Draft. Fast forward 15 years and the Packers own the 23rd overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and could use it on an offensive tackle.
A potential target on April 24 is Kelvin Banks Jr. The Texas offensive tackle checks in at No. 80 in the Unpacking Future Packers Countdown.
A former five-star recruit and Texas native, Banks finished his career as a Longhorn with 42 career starts at left tackle.
“Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers gets a lot of credit for helping bring Texas “back,” but Kelvin Banks may have been the catalyst for the Longhorns’ two years of playoff-caliber football,” Joey Hickey, a contributing writer for Athlon Sports, said. “When Banks arrived at Texas, the program could not consistently field a high-level offensive line. After helping the team rebuild in the trenches, Banks could become the first Texas offensive lineman drafted in the first round of the NFL draft since 2002.”
Banks may be one of the most athletic offensive tackles in the 2025 draft class. He’s got the easy athleticism to climb to the second level and shows good range as a run blocker. Banks has strong hands to control the defender at the point of contact.
“Kelvin is a powerful blocker,” Hickey said. “When you get him moving forward as a pulling blocker his strength allows him to uncoil with significant force. He is adept enough at anticipating where the defender will be not to miss his blocks.”
Banks is ideally built and has agile feet. He has a quick setup in pass protection and is smooth in his lateral slide. The 42-game starter processes things quickly and has an answer for everything that rushers attempt to deploy. According to Pro Football Focus, Banks gave up one sack and 10 pressures.
“Banks has great footwork and quick feet,” Hickey said. “His alertness immediately after the snap prevents edges from beating him around the corner. If an edge gets a step ahead of him, he is capable of catching up and limiting damage as well.”
Fit with the Packers
A year ago, the Packers selected Jordan Morgan in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. A starting left tackle in college, Morgan played exclusively at guard during his rookie season for the Packers and that may be his natural position…
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