Warren Brinson

Green Bay Packers

Pos IDL

Updated October 8, 2026

Model Score

69.8 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Georgia 2022 CFP National Championship pedigree as a 204th overall 6th-round pick puts Brinson in the rare championship-pedigree late-round IDL class. The Georgia SEC 6th-round origin plus the structural Packers rotation give him basic college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Brinson crosses into tier 7 territory or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Brinson came out of Georgia as the Green Bay Packers' 6th-round pick (204th overall) in 2025 after winning the 2022 CFP National Championship with the Bulldogs. The Packers used him in the interior rotation as a rookie.

Strengths

Georgia 2022 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 204th overall draft slot gives him real championship-pedigree late-round foundation.
Year-one rotational reps for the Packers at age 23 plus the structural anchor reps gives him the developmental runway.

Concerns

Rookie tier 8 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
Green Bay's broader defensive identity around the Jeff Hafley first-year scheme compresses the structural support around Brinson.

What to watch: Whether Brinson crosses into tier 7 (top 55) in 2026 with the Packers or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Comps

Coming out

pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his

DaVon Hamilton ’2075%Otito Ogbonnia ’2268%Stacy McGee ’1366%

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 4 starters, 8 backups, 8 didn't stick.

Warren Brinson Injury StatusIR

Warren Brinson is listed on injured reserve (Calf), reported Oct 3, with a return date of Oct 29. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 6, pick 198 · Green Bay Packers · 2025

Georgia (SEC)

Taken

#198

where he actually went

Consensus board

272nd

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#582

among IDL in our college data

He went earlier than consensus.

In college · 2021-2024 · 52 games

6.0 sacks, 14 TFL, 11 pressures, 66 tackles

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

9.1

RAS

5.09s

40 yd

31"

Vertical

115"

Broad

What this pick usually becomes

Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.