We are just under a month before training camp starts for the Green Bay Packers. However, given that Brian Gutekunst has built the roster during the Jordan Love era — and given the amount of draft capital he has invested in the team over the past three years — they have largely locked in their 53-man roster.
Between the number of players under those valuable rookie contracts and veterans under long-term deals, they have most of their squad set. Green Bay could’ve played a game the moment the new league year started and fielded a highly competitive roster.
Since then, they have added several more roster locks in free agency and the draft. Still, there are a few key positions where the back-end depth of the room consists of late-round draft picks, undrafted free agents, or free agents signed off the street competing for a fringe roster spot.
Over the next several weeks, I will examine these battles, including who is involved, where they stand, and who I believe will secure a spot heading into camp, starting with the cornerback position this week.
According toOurlads, the current cornerback room is:
I’m also going to include Javon Bullard, because the Packers list him as their starting slot corner, and Bo Melton, because I think his potential two-way-in-a-pinch ability could affect how many true corners they keep.
Jonathan Baldwin is also listed as a corner but wasplaying safety in mini camp. Baldwinreceived a $15,000 signing bonus and a $100,000 base guarantee as an undrafted free agent out of UNLV. That tells me that Green Bay really liked him, but probably as a safety.
The roster locks among that group are Hobbs, Valentine, Nixon, and Bullard.
After those four, I believe they’ll keep one to three more. That depends on what Green Bay thinks of Bullard and if they believe Melton can playcorner. If they count Bullard as a corner, that eliminates a spot. However, if Bo Melton is good enough to be WR6, CB6, and a core special teamer,and they only want to keep six corners, that leaves just one spot.
Suppose Bullard is just a part-time player and primary safety, and Melton either doesn’t make the roster, or the corner position simply doesn’t work for him. Then I could see them keeping up to three of the remaining guys.
Micah Robinson, Kamal Hadden, and Kalen King are next in line. Corner is the No. 1 position I could see Gutekunst making a De’Vondre Campbell-like July or August signing, but Gutekunst wants to see that battle play out first.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst to @cheeseheadtv: "Between Kalen King, Kamal Hadden and Micah Robinson, I think there's going to be really good competition for the backend of the roster (at cornerback). I'm excited to give those guys that opportunity."
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) June 19, 2025
Micah Robinson is a rookie seventh-round pick out of Tulane. He’s undersized for a typical Packers corner,measuring in at just 5’10”, 183 lbs. at the combine. Green Bay took him for hisspeed andzone-coverage instincts, which will fit nicely in Jeff Hafley’s defense. Because Green Bay recently took him, and Gutekunst doesn’t typically cut his draft picks, he feels the most likely to make the team between the three.
Many fans like Kalen King, and I get that. He’s an intriguing prospect. On PFF’s 2024 draftbig board before the season, King was ranked eighth overall.
Not the eighth cornerback. Eighth in the entire draft!
He was a stud as a sophomore, but he plummeted down to 177th on thefinal big board and was drafted 255th after struggling as a junior. If Green Bay can find the player we saw as a sophomore, he can make a real impact. However, we haven’t seen much of anything to this point. It’ll be a huge training camp for King with a lot of opportunities up for grabs.
In 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs drafted Kamal Hadden in the sixth round, but they released him at cutdowns before the season, and the Packers signed him to their practice squad. They activated him twice, only to use him on special teams. Listed at 6’1”, 192 lbs., he’s built the best to be a special-teams ace in this group, which is what you need from a fifth or sixth cornerback.
Green Bay let Corey Ballentine and Robert Rochell, their special teams aces last season, walk in free agency. That likely means they have players penciled into special teams roles. Hadden makes a lot of sense as one of them, and that’s his most likely path to making the team.
Tyron Herring, Gregory Junior, and Isaiah Dunn will likely be pushing for practice squad spots unless they have an outstanding training camp.
Herring is an undrafted free agent out of Delaware. The Packersgave him a $10,000 signing bonus. Herring is a long, tall 6’1”, 201 lb., corner. He’s likely to be a practice squad guy with the chance to earn a role as a special-teams contributor, given his size.
Lastly, Isaiah Dunn and Gregory Junior have NFL Experience.
The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Junior 197th in the sixth round of the 2022 draft. He’s spent most of his career on the Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, and Houston Texans’ practice squads. He hasn’t appeared in a game since 2023 with Jacksonville after they released him with aninjury settlement. Still, he has 10 games and 111 special teams snaps under his belt.
The New York Jets signed Dunn as a UDFA in 2021. He appeared in 12 games as a rookie, playing 114 defensive snaps and 80 special-teams snaps. New York waived Dunn before the 2022 season, and the Seattle Seahawks claimed him, playing him in five games.
Dunn was a special-teams ace, playing 80 snaps in those five games, but he hurt his hamstring and missed the rest of the season. Seattle released him after the season. In 2023, the Pittsburgh Steelers briefly included him in training camp, but they released him before the season began. He did not sign with any other team until he signed a futures contract with Green Bay in January. Dunn’s special-teams experience allows him to stick around on the practice squad, giving them a depth option.
Ultimately, I think Green Bay keeps only five true corners with Bullard’s versatility and Bo Melton potentially being able to play snaps in a pinch. It’ll allow them to invest in what would be the sixth CB spot elsewhere. I’d expect the two to fill out the room to be King and Robinson, with Hadden being a priority practice squad guy and likely being activated early and often to play special teams. Herring and one of Baldwin or Junior will join him on the practice squad.