The Green Bay Packers may have replaced an All Pro Center from Ohio State in Corey Linsley by drafting another Buckeye snapper in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night in Josh Myers.
The two year starter for the Buckeyes was taken with the 62 overall choice by General Manager Brian Gutekunst.
Myers is tall for the position at 6-5 but he’s also a solid 310 pounds. He moved to center at the request of the coaching staff after playing guard in high school and he became the offensive captain for the Big Ten champions. Josh is from an athletic family, his father and brother both played college football and his mother was an All-American basketball player.
Packers director of College Scouting, Matt Malaspina believes he’ll be an excellent fit for the offensive line room:
Myers is no stranger to Linsley who signed a free agent contract this off-season with the Los Angeles Chargers after earning first team All-Pro Honors with the Packers. Josh said he followed Corey’s career and they spoke on occasion when Linsley would return to campus in Columbus. They even chatted just a couple of weeks before the draft.
Myers is also no stranger to Green Bay. In the Big Ten Championship game last year he suffered a toe injury but played in the national semifinal game against Clemson. Myers said it got much worse after that but he was not about to let his teammates down, gutting it out for one more game, the national championship loss to Alabama. Following that game, Myers had to undergo surgery to repair the injury and the operation was performed by Dr. Robert Anderson, the noted foot surgeon at the Titletown Sports Medicine clinic across the street from Lambeau Field. Myers said the operation was a success and he had an inkling he just might be coming back:
Scouts say Myers, ranked by most as the second best center coming out behind Oklahoma’s Creed Humphrey, has excellent technique and movement skills for a taller interior lineman. He worked almost exclusively with the shotgun in front of the Chicago Bears number one pick, quarterback Justin Fields.
From one Buckeye to another might have filled a big hole on the Pack’s offensive line as Myers becomes the highest drafted center by the Packers since Bob Hyland was taken in the first round back in 1967.
