Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports is reporting that the Green Bay Packers “are expected to hire” Will Redmond, who last served as the general manager of the Auburn Tigers. Yes, college teams have general managers. Welcome to the NIL and portal era.
No, this is not the same Will Redmond who played for the Packers from 2018 to 2021. By then, this Redmond had already been working in personnel. His resume includes stops at Middle Tennessee State, Western Michigan, Kansas, LSU and Auburn.
At LSU, he served as the director of player personnel, essentially the number two gig behind the team’s general manager, Austin Thomas, who is now at Mississippi. So, for the last five seasons, he’s been spending time evaluating college players, some of whom are in this upcoming class, in the southeast and beyond.
According to FootballScoop, Redmond had interest from several SEC programs, but elected to go the pro route. FootballScoop also claims that Redmond’s work with the Packers had already begun during Senior Bowl week. We don’t know Redmond’s official title at this point, but it will probably be something involving college scouting. Worth noting, 105 of the 329 invites for the NFL combine this year come from the SEC, which has been Redmond’s focus for the last five years.
All four of these players were invited to the combine. Lew is generally viewed as the top center prospect in the class, but is coming off a torn ACL.