GREEN BAY (WLUK) – In an exclusive interview with FOX 11, Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy is reflecting on how Green Bay did hosting the 2025 NFL Draft last month.
“I know I’m a little biased, but I think in my mind, it’s been the best draft the NFL has ever had since they started taking it on the road,” said Murphy.
FOX 11 asked Murphy why he believes it was the best draft to date.
I’d say the excitement level and the statistics. The smallest city in the league by far, and we had 600,000 people there. It speaks well, I think, for the kind of support we get, particularly from our fans. My guess would be about 90% of the fans there were Packers fans. Great attendance — second most ever behind Detroit — and the TV ratings were phenomenal. The Thursday night, 13.5 million, was the most ever to watch the draft other than COVID. COVID, you don’t count. Everybody was locked in their homes having to watch TV, there was no other choice. But no, there was obviously an awful lot of interest.
FOX 11’s full interview with Murphy will go live on the WLUK-TV FOX 11 YouTube channel on Sunday. You can sign up to be notified below:
The interview will also be included in “The FOX 11 Draft 25: Touchdown in Titletown” special that will air Monday at 9:30 p.m. on FOX 11.