The Green Bay Packers used the 226th overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft on TCU linebacker Ty Summers.
The 6-1, 241-pounder produced 319 tackles, 23.5 tackles for losses, 10.5 sacks, 11 pass breakups, two interceptions and a forced fumble over 51 games and 32 starts. He was a three-time All-Big 12 selection.
Summers did well at the combine, running the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds, putting up 27 reps on the bench press and hitting 36″ in the vertical leap and 10-3 in the broad jump.
Dane Brugler of The Athletic believes Summers has the traits to be a successful NFL linebacker.
“Summers is equal parts competitive and intelligent with his coaches raving about his make-up and trademark toughness. He needs technique work to better sort through a crowd, often playing too patient,” Brugler wrote in his draft guide. “Overall, Summers has his limitations, but he owns the speed, grit and football character that NFL teams covet later in the draft, projecting as a special teams ace and solid depth option.”
Summers also played snaps at defensive end for TCU in 2018.
The pick concludes the 2019 draft for the Packers. They made eight total picks.
