Let’s continue our series covering where the Green Bay Packers’ scouts have traveled to during the college football season. Obviously, area scouts are going to check in with every major program in their area during the season, but a scout actually showing up to watch a team’s game shows another step of intent, as they can only be at one place at one time.
These reports are gathered by sports writers on the ground, who get to see seating charts in the media booth, which is where scouts watch these games. These lists are by no means complete, but partial data is better than no data.
With that being said, here’s where we know the Packers were in Week 6 of the college football season. As always, the player rankings we’re going to be using come from the consensus draft board.
Penn State
#28 QB Drew Allar
#31 CB A.J. Harris
#36 ED Dani Dennis-Sutton
#52 RB Nick Singleton
#55 OL Drew Shelton
#87 OL Olaivavega Ioane
#93 DT Zane Durant
#102 RB Kayton Allen
#181 S Zakee Wheatley
#216 WR Trebor Pena
#227 LB Amare Campbell
UCLA
#185 QB Nico Iamaleava
Obviously, this is a very different game than what was expected. Penn State, now unranked, entered the game ranked sixth in the coaches poll and seventh in the Associated Press’ media poll. UCLA, meanwhile, was winless and had just named their interim offensive coordinator promotion on Tuesday of last week, following the firing of Tino Sunseri.
The Bruins were able to pull off the upset of all upsets, beating Penn State 42-37 in a more than half empty Rose Bowl. UCLA’s only identified pro prospect is Tennessee transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava, a former five-star recruit, who went 17 of 24 for 166 yards and two touchdowns, along with 16 carries for 128 yards and three scores on the ground, against the Nittany Lions.
Michigan State
#96 QB Aidan Chiles
#215 TE Jack Velling
Nebraska
#127 OL Elijah Pritchett
By my count, this is the second time the Packers have gone in-person to watch Michigan State games. This is pretty weird, considering that the Spartans aren’t very good (3-8 vs. Big Ten competition over the last two years) and only have two identified professional prospects. One of those is quarterback Aidan Chiles, an underclassman and transfer from Oregon State, who is not assured to declare for the upcoming draft.
Elijah Pritchett, Nebraska’s one identified pro prospect, was originally a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he started 11 games at right tackle and one game at left tackle during the 2024 season. He transferred to play with the Cornhuskers this offseason and is still only a junior, due to his 2022 redshirt season. Pritchett had not started for Nebraska going into this game, but was named the left tackle versus Michigan State. In a win over the Spartans, he was one of the Cornhuskers’ two highest graded offensive players in the game per Pro Football Focus.
Iowa State
#50 DT Domonique Orange
Cincinnati
#82 DT Dontay Corleone
#183 TE Joe Royer
#226 LB Jake Golday
This game is interesting, considering that the Packers went out of their way to watch two top-100 nose tackle prospects go at it. Obviously, post-Kenny Clark, Green Bay should be in the nose tackle market next spring.
Orange, listed at 6’4” and 325 pounds by Iowa State, and Corleone, listed at 6’2” and 320 pounds by Cincinnati, both had availability questions coming into the game, but each started for their team. Corleone dealt with blood clots in his lungs in 2024, which limited him to seeing action in just three games last season.
Cincinnati ultimately won this game 38-30, despite the Cyclones being ranked 14th in the country going into the game. Technically, the Bearcats weren’t the underdog in this game, based on the betting lines, because of the volume of injuries that Iowa State had racked up going into Week 6.
Orange didn’t make an impact on the stat sheet in 55 snaps while Corleone made three tackles.
Where Packers scouts were previously
Texas @ Ohio State
LSU @ Clemson
Marshall @ Georgia
South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech
West Texas A&M @ Western Colorado
Kansas State @ Arizona
Youngstown State @ Michigan State
Florida @ LSU
Clemson @ Georgia Tech
Tennessee @ Mississippi State
Auburn @ Texas A&M