The Green Bay Packers hosted Mississippi State outside linebacker Tyrus Wheat on an official top-30 visit before the 2023 NFL draft, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Wheat (6-2, 243) produced 129 tackles, 27.0 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, nine pass breakups and three interceptions over 34 games, 33 starts and three seasons at Mississippi State. He transferred from a Mississippi community college before the 2020 season and went on to lead the Bulldogs in sacks each of the last three seasons, including an All-SEC season in 2022 (10.5 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks).
