Jerel
Worthy.
Jerel
Worthy.
Michigan State· 6'2"· 308 lb· 5.00s 40
Jerel Worthy projects best in a 4-3 one-gap attacking front, leveraging his quickness and burst to penetrate gaps and disrupt offensive schemes.
As a rookie, Worthy can immediately contribute as a rotational 3-technique, with the potential to develop into a starting disruptor who consistently creates pressure and run stuffs.
He would be a poor fit in a two-gap 3-4 defense, where his size and play style would be less effective in holding the line of scrimmage against double teams.
Worthy's athletic profile makes him a natural fit for schemes prioritizing upfield penetration and interior disruption rather than anchor-based run stopping.
Selected #51 overall in Round 2 of the 2012 NFL Draft by Green Bay Packers out of Michigan State.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.00sp50
- Vertical
- 28.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 107inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.60sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.56sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Michigan State | 13 | 37 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | Michigan State | 13 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | Michigan State | 14 | 30 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | — | 40 | 107 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Jerel Worthy played defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers for two seasons and then one season with the Buffalo Bills. He was primarily a rotational player and did not record significant statistics.