The Green Bay Packers have reportedly landed their first outside free agent of the 2026 cycle. Green Bay will be bolstering its cornerback group by adding Benjamin St-Juste on a 2-year, $10 million contract, adding competition to a group that has some questions on the outside.
St-Juste, who measures in at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds and will turn 29 in September, was a 3rd-round draft pick by the Washington Commanders in 2021. He spent four years with Washington, including three as one of the team’s primary starting boundary corners, with his best season coming in 2023 (17 pass breakups, one interception, two forced fumbles). St-Juste then signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers last offseason.
2025 was arguably St-Juste’s best season in the NFL on a per-snap basis, however, though he played more of a rotational role with the Chargers than he did in Washington. He played just 37 percent of the defensive snaps last year, but he recorded 7 pass breakups, matching his total from 2024. He also allowed a career-low passer rating of 68.3 (according to Pro Football Reference).
Furthermore, St-Juste became a major special teams contributor for the Chargers a year ago after playing fewer than 200 total snaps on teams over all four years with Washington. With his more limited defensive role in Los Angeles, he was on the field for 296 special teams snaps in 2025, nearly 3/4 of the Chargers’ total.
At the 2021 NFL Combine, St-Juste had a middling 40 time (4.55 seconds), but he posted elite agility times, running the short shuttle in 3.96 seconds and the 3-cone in 6.63 seconds (both 92nd percentile or better for cornerbacks).
The Packers’ deal with St-Juste will make him the only true boundary corner whose contract will run past 2026. Both Keisean Nixon’s and Carrington Valentine’s contracts expire at the end of the coming season, while Nate Hobbs and Javon Bullard (signed through 2028 and 2027, respectively) are both primarily slot players.
Additionally, this contract should offset the deal received by Kingsley Enagbare for the purposes of compensatory draft pick calculations. However, that still keeps the Packers in line to receive picks for Malik Willis and Quay Walker, who have already agreed to terms elsewhere, as well as Romeo Doubs and Rasheed Walker when they eventually sign their new deals. Any additional qualifying free agent signing with the Packers would cancel out one of those top four players, unless the Packers lose another player to another team this cycle.
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