Apr 25, 2026
The Green Bay Packers selected Kentucky center Jager Burton with the 153rd overall pick in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft.Burton, a 6-foot-4, 312-pound interior lineman and Lexington, Kentucky, native who graduated from F rederick Douglass High School, brings extensive experience and positional flexibility to Green Bay after starting 47 career games for the Wildcats. He was very impressive at the NFL Combine where he ran a 4.94-second 40-yard dash with a 1.76-second 10-yard split and 4.52-second shuttle time.Burton entered Kentucky as a four-star recruit in 2021. He was named Kentucky Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a high school senior at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, Kentucky, where he also won the Paul Hornung Award as the state's top player.For more on Kentucky Football and all of the Wildcats, join us onBBN Tonight, airing weeknights at 7:30 p.m. on the official station for UK Athletics, LEX 18. ...read more read less
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