Unpacking Future Packers: No. 39, Iowa State CB Darien Porter Jr.

The Unpacking Future Packers Countdown is a countdown of 100 prospects who the Green Bay Packers could select in the 2025 NFL draft.The cornerback room at 1265 Lombardi Avenue is going through a remodel. The Green Bay Packers have lost Eric Stokes, Corey Ballentine and Robert Rochell in free agency and Jaire Alexander's days in Green Bay seem to be coming to an end.

Before losing those three cornerbacks, the Packers did sign Nate Hobbs to a four-year deal. The former Las Vegas Raider will bring toughness and more versatility to Green Bay's secondary.Along with Hobbs, the Packers will have Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine in the cornerback room.

Brian Gutekunst will need to add bodies via the draft to round out that depth chart.A potential target in the 2025 NFL Draft is Darien Porter Jr. The Iowa State cornerback checks in at No.

39 in the Unpacking Future Packers Countdown.A three-star recruit, Porter started his career in Ames as a wide receiver, before making the switch to cornerback in 2022. He became a starter this past season and recorded two tackles for loss, three interceptions and two pass deflections.

"Porter meant a lot to Iowa State's defense this past season," Eugene Rapay, the Iowa State beat writer for the Des Moines Register, said. "He was one of several experienced senior starters on a secondary that was undoubtedly the bright spot for the Cyclones' defense. Iowa State tied a program-record 7-0 start, its best since 1938, building that hot start on the b.