Packers Host FCS Cornerback Demmings

0:00It's April 3rd, NFL News Today starts now, AI powered and always on. Green Bay Packers are bringing in Stephen F. Austin cornerback Charles Demings for a pre-draft visit, one of just five teams hosting him. Packers love these visits, especially on draft day since the pandemic hit. Demings took a unique path, sitting out high school football after his freshman year, until a shortened senior season messed with recruiting. That lack of tape and fewer scholarships sent him to an FCS program. He stuck it out as a three-year starter, even passing on transfer offers to repay the school that believed in him first. At the combine, this six-foot-one, 193-pound athlete blazed the 4.4 140 yard dash and leaped 41 inches, vertical. He's sitting around 180th on draft boards, eyeing a fifth round spot, scouts see solid ball skills and man coverage that could carve him a depth role or special team's gunner gig, making him the top small school corner. Ahead of most FCS peers, Packers might grab that upside-come draft time.