he Green Bay Packers have officially confirmed that two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins will change positions for the 2025 NFL season.
During NFL free agency, the Packers signed former San Francisco 49ers left guard Aaron Banks to a four-year, $77 million contract, raising immediate questions about how the team would approach re-organizing its offensive line for the upcoming year.
After all, the Packers had Jenkins in place as their starting left guard with two others — Sean Rhyan and 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan — returning to compete for the other starting job on the right side of the line. For Banks’ signing to add up, something would need to change with the team’s offensive trenches for the forthcoming season.
Now, thanks to general manager Brian Gutekunst, we know that change will involve the Packers moving Jenkins from left guard to center, where they believe he will thrive.
“Yeah, we’ve had plenty of conversations with Elgton leading up to [Banks’ signing] and obviously he played center in college,” Gutekunst said on March 31 at the NFL Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida. “We feel he has a chance to be an All-Pro center.”
