Nazir Stackhouse Making His Case to Earn a Roster Spot with the Packers

Stackhouse has the size and body type to fill a role that the Packers lack on the current roster: a run stuffing nose tackle. That job was done by T.J. Slaton the past few seasons, but Slaton left via free agency and is now with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Because of his size and low center of gravity, Stackhouse would be a good fit in Slaton’s old role. That is primarily to stand his ground at the point of attack and to occupy blockers. Ideally, that frees up teammates to make tackles.

Stackhouse doesn’t provide much juice as a pass rusher. In his five-year college career at Georgia, he recorded only three total sacks. He will be battling for a roster spot with sixth round pick and former Georgia teammate, Warren Brinson along with veterans Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden. But none of the other players have the body type that Stackhouse provides.

With a roster dominated by three straight drafts of double digit picks, players acquired through FA and the waiver wire and holdover UDFAs who've shown they can play, it seemed like there might not be room for a 2025 UDFA to make it through camp. But Nazir Stackhouse is off to a strong start and fills a very specific niche role that GB could use.

And if you mourned the loss of AJ Dillons large quads this past offseason...


Look at those meaty ham hocks!

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