Packers Host Speedster RB Mike Washington Jr.

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome to NFL News Today, powered by AI and ready for kickoff. Packers fans, listen up running back Mike Washington Jr. from Arkansas, is heading to Green Bay for a top 30 pre-draft visit. This 6-foot-1, 223-pound speedster lit up the NFL scouting combine with the fastest 40-yard dash among backs at 4.33 seconds, plus a 39-inch vertical jump. Scout see him as a second-day draft pick, may be gone by the end of Round 2. He transferred to Arkansas for his senior year, and balled out with 1,070 rushing yards on 167 carries, averaging 6.4 yards, plus 8 touchdowns, add in 28 catches for 226 yards and another score. Over his whole college career at 3 schools, he piled up nearly 3,000 rushing yards, and 26 touchdowns in 51 games. His combine interview went viral after he got emotional with teammates, hyping him up, turning heads league wide. Washington could be one

1:02of the first five backs off the board, bringing that breakaway speed with power to grind between the tackles. He's got some parallels to the Packer's own Martian Lloyd, both speedy with size, but fumbling issues dog them in college with Washington coughing, it up 12 times. Green base then a running back now, after not tendering a manual Wilson, who bolted to Seattle and Lloyd's injury plate start. Packer's brass might not reach high for him, but this visit shows their hunting reliable depth to bolster the backfield before the draft hits.