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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.
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.
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...
