The Green Bay Packers met with one of the top running backs in the 2020 draft class during the NFL Scouting Combine.
According to Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire, the Packers had a formal combine interview with Utah running back Zack Moss in Indianapolis.
Moss (5-9, 223) participated at the combine despite an injured hamstring. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.65 seconds, hit 33″ in the vertical leap and did 19 reps on the bench press. He’ll have a chance to improve those numbers at Utah’s official pro day later this month.
As a senior, Moss rushed for 1,416 yards and 15 touchdowns and caught 28 passes for the Utes. He finished each of his last three seasons at Utah with over 1,000 rushing yards.
The Packers have Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams entrenched as the team’s top two running backs but need a third option, both for a complementary role in 2020 and as long-term insurance at the position, given Jones and Williams are both entering the final year of their rookie contracts.
Moss could give the Packers a big, bruising back with experience playing all three downs, and his lack of overall speed and injury history could make him a strong value pick in the middle rounds. Lance Zierlein of NFL.com compared Moss to former NFL running back Marion Barber, noting his taste for violence and “vision, balance, patience and wiggle” as a runner.
