Packers Draft Primer - Davison Igbinosun - CB - Ohio State

0:00What is up Packers fans, welcome back to the Daily Draft brought to you by the Green Bay Draft Guide Power by Packer Report. I am your host and the publisher of Packer Report, Ross Uglman today, we are breaking down popular Green Bay Packers pick and fit Ohio State corner back, Davison Igbenison, who I am going to one hope I didn't just butcher his name, but I'm going to refer to as DI for the rest of the show because I don't want to butcher his name again, it takes a long time to say and we're going to break it all down for you here now. He's popular pick for the Packers, probably because he went to Ohio State, they love that, not maybe

1:04as much as they love Georgia, but they take plenty of guys from the big 10, take plenty of guys from Ohio State, I think the most prominent one that you'll all remember, of course is AJ Hock, but can you pick it with Ohio State, there's plenty of book guys in the history of the Green Bay Packers, any six foot two, and they just signed Benjamin St. Juiced, they like big tall corners, but he's not thick, and that's something that we're going to talk about in a little bit. Started his career at Ole Miss, transferred to the buck eyes, won a national championship after the 2024 season, first team all big 10 in 2025 and then went to the senior bowl, so a good senior year, and I think he would tell you a good decision ultimately to transfer to Ohio State, played with Caleb Downs and was in a really, really good secondary with the buck eyes, absolutely no question about that. On the strengths side, very, excuse me, very experienced football player, we just did

2:08the Cole Payton episode, this would be the exact opposite of Cole Payton, right, Cole Payton, very few starts at the FCS level, DI, a ton of starts in the SEC and the big 10, between the big 10 and the SEC, logged more than 2,800 snaps on the defensive side of the football, you're not going to find 22 year old prospects, right, because COVID stuff and, you know, red shirts and portal and all this and the incentive to stay in college and get paid instead of leave for the league as quickly as you can to get paid, you'll see 24, 25, 26 year old prospects, maybe not 26, but 24, 25 year old prospects, DI is 22 and 2,000, I'm going to say that number again, 2,800 plus snaps on the defensive side of the football, physical guy, plays press man well, I think it also, he does a good job in the run, like just physical, physical is the word, he's physical in the run game, physical in press man, physical in the screen game, physical in the RPO game, does all those things

3:10well, instinctive player, I think he understands route concepts well, sniffs out the RPO game well, just as, and a lot of this guys comes for playing a ton of ball, this kid has played a ton, excuse me, a ball and he's shown to be durable, I think that has to be on the plus side, especially when talking about the Green Bay Packers and in a group that has struggled to stay healthy, there's no way around it, it's not breaking any news to anybody, they have struggled to stay healthy, so this kid that's made it through the big 10 and the SEC playing ball in a high level, I think is impressive for sure, tackles well in the open field, defense of run, but tackles were receivers well too, you know, you get these jitterbug wide receivers that love to dance, they'll get them down on the ground, you run tossed with the running back, they'll get the running back down on the ground, and ultimately to elude the ease long, and he uses that length well at the catch point, I think he excels

4:11and contested catch situations, I think he's the type of cornerback that you would like to have in a red zone situation as well. Guys I mentioned this show is brought to you by the Green Bay Draft Guide Powered by Packer Report, you see it all over the place, anything we, you know, Post has a link to it, it's posted on Jacob, more of these Twitter, it's linked here, it's, in my opinion, the best Packer's Draft Guide, you know, myself, Wes and Dorf, and more than working on that, guys that have been in it for a long time, and guys that love it and breathe it and text each other about it every day, and watch the film, and don't just go off, you know, I mean, we care, and I hope that comes out, and we care a lot of Packer Report too, if you want to become a VIP member there, we're always running especially somewhere between 30 and 50% off to get new folks in, and there's just, the number one way to support me, in the creation of Packer's content, is to be a VIP member at Packer Report, there's just no way, it helps me, if they're my writers, it helps me, you know, pay for equipment,

5:14that, you know, one of the, it's my phone backdrop, lighting out like all this stuff, ultimately, it's the number one way to support us as that VIP membership. Okay, weakness is, D.I. has adequate long speed, but I don't think he's a particularly explosive or twitched up athlete, and ultimately he's then, right, at 189, and the Packer's, you know, kind of line of demarcation seems to be 190, and you know, he could say, hey, well coach, I, you know, lost weight for the, for the combine, and I'm really playing at 195, and I just wanted to run fast, so, you know, through training, I dropped weight in this, that, and the other, that's fine, if you're 5'11", okay, he's 6'2", so 6'2189 is skinny either way, I don't care if you're playing weight, it's 3'4", 5 pounds higher, he is thin, he'll be too light for someone, and someone historically he would be too light for the Packers, and he's like 6'2 in change, he's not 6'1", and 5'8", borderline to the point

6:21where he would be considered an outlier if he does succeed because he is so tall, I'm not, I'm not convinced, right, but it could happen, you know, I'm not convinced that he's too tall, I think he's uncomfortable if he's not pressing, and he doesn't always stay square to the receiver if he's playing off, and in breaking routes, out breaking routes, any kind of breaking route, I mean, he allows separation, and that, that, that click to close that stickiness, that change of directions, not always there if he's not playing press, just four career interceptions, and no fumbles forced, so, four career interceptions might not sound terrible until you go back to the pros when I said he played 2800 snaps, he played 2800, you know, opportunities, no, of course he wasn't targeted, that's, that's

7:22an exaggeration, but you played that many snaps at corner, and you're good, you better run into more than four picks, it's just, just my opinion on the whole deal, the transition out of the back panel, same thing, we were talking about with off coverage, choppy, and that physical nature and wanting to play, play press all the time, does, and by the way, not only that, but allowing separation, it causes him to grab, and in college, Ohio State, getting a friendly whistle occasionally, I mean, it's a big time program, you know, you're going to get more calls than you're not, and I'm not a Michigan fan, I don't care, I'm not an anti-ohio state, I'm just saying, you know, you're the favorite, you're going to, it's college ball, the rules aren't the same, you're not going to be able to grab in the pros the way you're able to grab it Ohio State, it just is what it is, and that resulted in penalties in college, it is damn sure, going to result in penalties at the pro level, I will say he, he did curb the penalties down in 2025, 22, 23, 24 penalties, 25 kind

8:24of down, but still, I do see a grabby player, and ultimately that's not going to fly, I don't think, at the pro level, I just don't think he's going to get away with it. Packers fit, right on the border, comes from Ohio State, big, big 10 program, right, like they take guys from Michigan, they take guys from Ohio State, they take Jane Reed from Michigan State, like they like the big 10 plenty, they like upper Midwest prospects, you know, they've taken, you know, Darnel Savage from Maryland, that's not upper Midwest, but that's big 10 again, upper Midwest prospect, Christian Watson North Dakota State, right, they do that plenty. So that makes sense, him being a shade over six to make sense, they need that perimeter corner back, which he darn sure isn't playing nickel at the next level, if he makes it, he's going to make it outside, he's got experience, should be able to play right away because of how much football he's already played, and it's all a bunch of things they need, with

9:25that said, the Packers like thicker corners, and he doesn't meet their weight threshold, which I can make an excuse for, if he's five, ten and a half, he's six foot two plus, he is thin, if he can put on weight, that's great, it's just unclear whether or not they're going to change their mind on that issue, so that's what's keeping me from calling him a high Packers fit, if he is a Green Bay Packer, I won't be surprised at all, bringing him to Culver's, you know, get him the extra crispy fries, get him the butter burger, get him the concrete mixer, that I go with the salted caramel concrete mixer with the cookie dough, cannot be beat, salty, sweet, the whole nine, put on eight nine pounds, I compliment him to the Travarius Ward, I think you be a good player. Guys, thank you so much for watching, or listening, if you're on the podcast side, subscribe to Pack Report, buy the guide, like and subscribe to the Packer Day Podcast, YouTube channel, but more importantly, have a great rest of your week, and go Pack Go.

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