The Packers have acquired the No. 88 pick from the Panthers, Carolina announced. Green Bay will sacrifice pick Nos. 101 and 147.
Green Bay used this selection to draft linebacker Oren Burks out of Vanderbilt. Burks did not serve as a pure pass rusher with the Commodores; he registered 116 tackles as a senior last season and stopped seven ball-carriers behind the line of scrimmage.
Having made 228 career tackles, Burks could be set to come in and play on the inside in Green Bay’s defense and join the likes of Jake Ryan and Blake Martinez. Burks spent the first two seasons of his career as a defensive back before being moved to linebacker as a junior.