Packers’ Luke Musgrave Receives Huge Comp From Dallin Leavitt

Green Bay Packers rookie tight end Luke Musgrave looks to have cemented his standing as the team’s starter at the position. He has been making plays all offseason, catching the attention of the coaching staff and fans alike.

While far from a finished product, the pass-catching skills and freakish athleticism that Musgrave possesses make him an intriguing weapon for the Packers. If the coaching staff can hone those skills and help him develop, he will turn into quite a player.

Packers’ safety Dallin Leavitt knows a thing or two about what a great tight end looks like on the field. With the Las Vegas Raiders, he was teammates with Darren Waller. Playing in the AFC West and as a safety, he matched up against Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs plenty of times as well.

One thing that evaluators love is player comparison. It is prevalent during the pre-draft process and Leavitt recently offered one up for Musgrave. After covering him a lot in practice, in the opinion of Leavitt, Musgrave has the body type and skill set of Kelce, but a little bit of Waller as well.

“I think Darren Waller is another level of it because Darren is almost like an X receiver,” Leavitt said. “I played a long time with Darren [with the Raiders]. In regards to speed and feeling that on the over route, yeah, I think [Musgrave’s] got that. But honestly, I would say he’s closer to Kelce than he is Darren, body type and all that.”

That is quite a lofty comparison for the Packers’ rookie tight end. When healthy, Waller is one of the toughest tight ends in the NFL to slow down with his blend of size and athleticism. When it is all said and done, Kelce will have a strong case to claim the title as best tight end to ever play the game.

If Musgrave can get near the level of either Waller or Kelce, the Packers are going to be ecstatic. While the athletic testing numbers between Kelce and Musgrave are similar, he has a long way to go with his development.