QB Jaxson Dart, DE Mykel Williams won't be in Green Bay for draft

Quarterback Jaxson Dart and edge rusher Mykel Williams apparently have changed their minds about being in Green Bay next week for the start of the 2025 NFL Draft.

The names of Dart, who played at Ole Miss, and Georgia's Williams were on the initial list of 17 players set to attend. But an updated list issued Friday by the NFL showed the players no longer planned to wait in the green room in Green Bay.

Added to the list of attendees was cornerback Maxwell Hairston from Kentucky.

It was unclear Friday why Dart and Williams backed out.

While there has been much discussion about where Dart would be taken in the draft, which begins Thursday, the latest mock draft by NFL.com projects the New Orleans Saints to pick him with the No. 9 selection. The same mock draft predicts the Cincinnati Bengals will take him No. 17.

Field Level Media's ranking of the top 100 prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft lists Williams as the No. 9 overall prospect and puts Dart at No. 64.

Cam Ward, projected to be taken No. 1 overall by the Tennessee Titans, and Jalen Milroe of Alabama are the only quarterbacks expected to be in Green Bay to wait to hear their names called.

--Field Level Media