What’s better than one All-Pro linebacker? Two of them. The Green Bay Packers think they’ve added a replica of standout linebacker De’Vondre Campbell in first-round pick Quay Walker, the team’s first off-ball linebacker picked in the first round since A.J. Hawk in 2005.
“I think, Quay, when you look at him, he looks similar to De’Vondre Campbell, they are almost clones of each other, minus the hair,” coach Matt LaFleur said, via Packers.com.
Both Walker and Campbell are long, highly athletic inside linebackers with elite movement skills. Throughout the draft process, many analysts (including Mike Renner of PFF) compared Walker with Campbell, who was a fourth-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 2016 but emerged as an All-Pro in his first season with the Packers. Walker, who tested like an elite athlete before the draft, was a 15-game starter for the historic Georgia defense.
