NFL Draft Pick Signings: 5/1/26
Here are Friday’s rookie signings from the 2026 NFL Draft:
Baltimore Ravens
- DT Rayshaun Benny (seventh round, Michigan)
Green Bay Packers
- DT Chris McClellan (third round, Missouri)
- OLB Dani Dennis-Sutton (fourth round, Penn State)
- C Jager Burton (fifth round, Kentucky)
- CB Domani Jackson (sixth round, Alabama)
- K Trey Smack (sixth round, Florida)
New England Patriots
- CB Karon Prunty (fifth round, Wake Forest)
Philadelphia Eagles
- G Micah Morris (sixth round, Georgia)
- DT Uar Bernard (seventh round, IPPP)
For both the Ravens and Packers, today’s signings leave them with only one unsigned rookie draft pick. Both teams still need to ink their second-round picks to closeout their 2026 draft class signings.
Discovered playing basketball at 16 years old in Nigeria, Bernard earned invitations to the NFL Nigeria camp in 2024 and the NFL Africa camp in Cairo in 2025. As part of the league’s International Player Pathway program, if Bernard is unable to make the initial 53-man roster, he can be placed on the practice squad without counting against the unit’s 16-player limit.
Packers Acquire 216th Pick, Draft K Trey Smack
The Packers have acquired the 216th selection from the Seahawks, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. The Seahawks received Nos. 236 and 255 in return, per Brady Henderson of ESPN.
Green Bay moved up late on Day 3 to select Florida kicker Trey Smack. With the draft nearing an end, Smack became the first kicker off the board and the second Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has drafted. Gutekunst previously spent a sixth-rounder on Anders Carlson in 2023, but he only lasted one season with the team.
Smack, who handled field goals in three of four years at Florida, was among the most dependable kickers in college football. A two-time semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award (given to the nation’s best kicker), Smack made 53 of 64 field goals (82.8%) and converted 10 of 13 from 50-plus yards. He also missed just one of 101 extra points with the Gators.
The Packers’ addition of Smack comes just over 13 months after they re-signed kicker Brandon McManus to a three-year, $15.3MM deal in March 2025. McManus went on to miss three games with a quad injury. Lucas Havrisik filled in while he was out. When healthy, McManus hit 24 of 30 FGs (80%) and 32 of 33 PATs. The Packers made it to the playoffs, but McManus’ three misses against the Bears proved costly in a 31-27 wild-card round loss. Along with failing to convert either field goal attempt, he missed one of his four extra points.
With Smack now in the fold, McManus’ job is in obvious jeopardy. Head coach Matt LaFleur said Saturday that the two will compete for the role (via Ryan Wood of USA Today).