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The Packers have handed out second contracts to their share of draft picks over the years. The most recent came last July when they extended Lowry, a full-time starter the past two seasons who has yet to miss a game with the Packers due to injury.
Two other former Green Bay fourth-round picks, defensive lineman Mike Daniels and defensive back Micah Hyde, have at least one Pro Bowl on their career ledgers, while Tretter went on to become an established starter for the Cleveland Browns.
Compensatory picks have contributed heavily to that part of the equation for Green Bay. Daniels, Lowry and former cornerback Davon House all came to Green Bay by those means.
Meanwhile, linebacker Blake Martinez's offseason departure for the New York Giants likely will net Green Bay a comparable selection to the compensatory fourth-rounder used to draft Martinez out of Stanford four years ago.
The Packers hold 10 selections in this year's draft, including three sixths and two sevenths. To this point, most of the discussion on radio talk shows has centered on what the Packers will do in the first round at No. 30 and rightfully so.
Since 2010, the 10 players Green Bay has drafted in the first round have combined to start 349 of the 504 games they've played with the Packers. And the further you go, the harder it becomes to find those ever elusive diamonds in the rough.
But don't sleep in on the third day. While the 149 names that'll be read off may not trigger the same impulsive reaction as Kenneth Murray, Justin Jefferson or Jonathan Taylor, there could be another Bakhtiari, Linsley or Jones ready to surprise.
--Lexi Kinnard contributed to this story.
Most regular-season games played by Packers drafted in Rounds 4-7 (from 2010-19)
106 – David Bakhtiari, T, Colorado (fourth round, 109th overall)
102 – Mike Daniels, DT, Iowa (fourth, 132nd)
86 – Corey Linsley, C, Ohio State (fifth, 161st)
76 – James Starks, RB, Buffalo (sixth, 193rd)
63 – Micah Hyde, DB, Iowa (fifth, 159th); Dean Lowry, DE, Northwestern (137th)
61 – Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford (fourth, 131st)
60 – Andrew Quarless, TE, Penn State (fifth, 154th)
55 – Davon House, CB, New Mexico State (fourth, 134th)
51 – Jeff Janis, WR, Saginaw Valley State (seventh, 236th)