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The Green Bay Packers locked WR Jayden Reed to a contract extension before Round 2 of the NFL draft

After trading wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks to the Philadelphia Eagles weeks ago, many wondered what the Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver room would look like next season.

The team lost leading receiver Romeo Doubs (55 catches, 724 yards, 6 touchdowns) to the New England Patriots in free agency. Doubs signed a four-year, $68 million deal — money Green bay wasn’t willing to pony up for the 26-year-old.

Then Wicks was traded to the Eagles for a fifth-round pick in 2026 and sixth-round pick in 2027, leaving Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, 2025 first-round pick Matthew Golden, and Savion Williams are the top four wideouts on the depth chart.

But hours before Round 2 of the 2026 NFL draft on Friday, the Packers made a pretty significant move.

Packers Lock Up WR Jayden Reed

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Packers locked up Reed, the team’s second-round pick in 2023, to a multi-year extension.

“Wide receiver Jayden Reed and the Packers now have agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $50.25 million in new money, including $20 million guaranteed, per agents Drew Rosenhaus and Ian Grutman,” Schefter posted on X.

Reed was limited to just seven games last season due to shoulder and foot injuries. He totaled just 19 catches, 207 yards and a single touchdown last year.

The 25-year-old fractured his shoulder in mid-September, which sidelined him for 11 games. The injury was concerning given he dislocated his shoulder in the playoffs against the Eagles just eight months earlier.

When healthy, Reed is arguably the Packers’ top WR.

He burst onto the scene with a 64-catch, 793-yard, 8-TD rookie season, and he followed it up with 55 receptions, 857 yards, and 6 scores in Year 2. Most analysts believe Reed has 80-catch, 1,000-yard potential. If he goes into 2026 as Green Bay’s WR1, it’s possible he hits those numbers next year.