Green Bay Packers

Star ratings for Packers as college recruits

Published Feb. 1, 2017 11:55 a.m. ET

National Signing Day is here.

To celebrate, we're taking the Green Bay Packers' roster back to high school and breaking down their days as college recruits.

Jordy Nelson, safety?

James Starks, quarterback?

Aaron Rodgers, three-star quarterback?

Just two Packers players were labeled five-star recruits by Rivals.com coming out of high school: defensive back Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and offensive tackle Kyle Murphy.

Clinton-Dix was ranked first at his position and seventh overall in his 2011 class. He received interest from at least fifteen different schools, including Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC and Ohio State, but the Orlando, Florida native committed to Alabama during the spring of his junior year.

An All-Pac-12 tackle at Stanford, Murphy was eventually a sixth-round pick of the Packers in 2016.

Three Packers were ranked with zero stars by Rivals.com out of high school: Letroy Guion, Aaron Ripkowski and Demetri Goodson.

Guion, another Florida native, signed to Florida State in June of his senior year. Ripkowski scored two touchdowns during his career at Oklahoma, but he was unranked out of high school and listed as an “athlete,” instead of a specific position.

A few position changes were made from high school to the pros, as several Packers were recruited in a different position than what they currently play full time in the NFL. Micah Hyde committed to Iowa in 2009 as a dual-threat quarterback. However, he made the switch early, playing four years at defensive back for the Hawkeyes and recording 155 tackles and eight interceptions during his time in college.

OFFENSE

POS	PLAYER	CLASS	STARS	NOTES
QB	Aaron Rodgers	2003	3
QB	Brett Hundley	2011	4	Recruited as dual-threat QB
QB	Joe Callahan	2011	N/A	Attended D-III Wesley
RB/WR	Ty Montgomery	2011	4
RB	Eddie Lacy	2009	4
RB	James Starks	2005	2	Recruited as QB
FB	Aaron Ripkowski	2011	0
FB	Joe Kerridge	2011	2	Recruited as RB
WR	Randall Cobb	2008	3
WR	Jordy Nelson	2003	2	Recruited as a safety
WR	Davante Adams	2011	2
WR	Geronimo Allison	2014	3
WR	Trevor Davis	2011	3
WR	Antwan Goodley	2010	3
WR	Jeff Janis	2009	N/A
WR	Max McCaffrey	2012	2
TE	Jared Cook	2005	3	Recruited as WR
TE	Richard Rodgers	2011	3
TE	Beau Sandland	2013	4
OT	David Bakhtiari	2009	2
OT	Jason Spriggs	2012	3	Recruited as TE
OT	Kyle Murphy	2012	5	Teammate of Blake Martinez
OT	Bryan Bulaga	2007	4
OG	Lane Taylor	2008	2
OG	Don Barclay	2007	3
OG	T.J. Lang	2005	2	Recruited as DE
C	Corey Linsley	2009	4
C	JC Tretter	2009	N/A	Recruited as TE
C	Jacob Flores	2012	N/A

DEFENSE

POS	PLAYER	CLASS	STARS	NOTES
DE	Kenny Clark	2013	4
DT	Letroy Guion	2005	0
DT	Mike Daniels	2007	2
DT	Christian Ringo	2011	2
DT	Brian Price	2013	2
LB	Datone Jones	2008	4	Recruited as DE
LB	Nick Perry	2008	4
LB	Jake Ryan	2010	3
LB	Blake Martinez	2012	3
LB	Jayrone Elliott	2010	3
LB	Kyler Fackrell	2010	N/A	Recruited as an "athlete"
LB	Reggie Gilbert	2011	3	Recruited as DE
LB	Derrick Mathews	2011	3
LB	Clay Matthews	2004	N/A	Walked on at USC
LB	Julius Peppers	1998	N/A
LB	Joe Thomas	2010	N/A
LB	Jordan Tripp	2009	N/A
DB	Damarious Randall	2013	3
DB	Micah Hyde	2009	2	Recruited as dual-threat QB
DB	Dorleant Makinton	2011	3
DB	Sam Shields	2006	4	Recruited as WR
DB	Demetri Goodson	2008	0	Transferred from Baylor to Gonzaga
DB	Josh Hawkins	2011	N/A	Walk-on at East Carolina
DB	Quinten Rollins	2010	N/A	Originally a basketball recruit
DB	Herb Waters	2012	3	Recruited as WR
DB	Ladarius Gunter	2012	3
SS	Morgan Burnett	2007	4
SS	Marwin Evans	2013	2	Recruited as CB
SS	Micah Hyde	2009	2	Recruited as dual-threat QB
FS	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	2011	5
FS	Kentrell Brice	2012	3
FS	Jermaine Whitehead	2011	4	Recruited as CB