Could Adam Randall Be Green Bay's Next Ty Montgomery?

Being a one-trick pony doesn’t generally fly in the NFL anymore. The more a player can provide to the team in a variety of areas, the more coveted they become. Clemson's Adam Randall made the change from wide receiver to running back in his final year of college. The results were pretty dang good.

Could he be the next Ty Montgomery in Green Bay?

The Green Bay Packers’ running back room feels solidified in terms of the top three. Josh Jacobs is back, and MarShawn Lloyd will give it another go in an attempt to stay healthy after playing in just one game his first two years in the league. The Packers also re-signed Chris Brooks to a two-year deal in free agency, while Emanuel Wilson left for Seattle.

Lloyd has dealt with numerous injuries since being a third-round pick two years ago. He's shown flashes in training camp and the preseason that have validated Green Bay's selection of him in 2024. However, it's never really been tested in regular-season action because Lloyd has always been on the shelf.

There's a risk in banking on that. Still, Brooks provides a reliable safety net should the Packers need him in a larger role. But there’s not much certainty about running back in Green Bay beyond the next two years. Both expiring contracts and Jacobs being 30 years old at that point headline the dilemma.

Thus, it might make good sense to draft a running back this year, and Adam Randall is a hell of an intriguing prospect.

At 232 lbs., Randall is the biggest running back in this class. In his last hurrah as a senior, Randall switched from wide receiver to running back, and his teammates named him a permanent team captain. He ran for 814 yards and 10 touchdowns on 168 carries. He didn’t stop catching passes, either. Randall tallied 36 receptions for 254 and three touchdowns this past season. All three were career-high marks in receiving for the Swiss Army knife of the Clemson offense.

It sounds awfully familiar to Ty Montgomery, whom the Packers drafted out of Stanford in the third round in 2015. Unlike Montgomery, Randall isn't expected to be taken nearly as high. Most mock drafts see Randall as a sixth- or seventh-round selection.

Like Montgomery, Randall is versatile enough to play running back and wide receiver. He even logged 9 kick returns for Clemson in 2025. Along with all his other duties during his four years in Green Bay, Montgomery also piled up 35 kick returns.

There are reasons Randall isn't being talked about as a Day 1 or Day 2 pick. At times last year, he still looked really raw as a running back after making the switch. His running was occasionally described as upright and clunky.

On top of that, Randall dealt with a torn ACL in 2022, a broken hand in 2023, and a stress fracture in his toe in 2024. With that long injury history — and different types of injuries to boot — it'll be no surprise if some teams shy away.

The Packers could be one of those teams, or they could see Randall as a bargain with a late pick. There's a fun unknown to Randall's game; just how much further can he be developed as someone quite new to running the rock? As ESPN's Aaron Schatz put it, Randall is still learning how to play the position.

Montgomery was a much more coveted selection, and Green Bay took him in the third round. He also wasn't a running back from the rip. Montgomery had just three rushing attempts as a rookie in 2015, but after injuries to Eddie Lacy and James Starks forced Green Bay's hand, they opted to try out Montgomery at the position. He finished 2016 with 77 rushing attempts. The following season, Montgomery had 71 rushes, and the Packers were also able to spread him out at wide receiver.

With Adam Randall, Green Bay would be getting someone who has the college experience of being a starting running back and wide receiver. There'd also be no need to toss him into a heavy role early on unless utter disaster strikes the running back room, which makes him an interesting Day 3 prospect.