The Green Bay Packers didn't have many surprises during the NFL draft until they delivered a big one late in Day 3.
And the Packers not only traded up to get him, but they traded away two seventh-round picks to select Florida kicker Trey Smack with the final pick in the sixth round.
Smack, 22, is the first kicker off the board in 2026 and second kicker taken by the Packers in the last four years. Prior to 2023, the Packers hadn't taken a kicker since Mason Crosby in 2007.
Packers fans and the organization will hope Smack turns out better than when they took Anders Carlson out of Auburn in the seventh round in 2023.
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That experiment failed as Carlson lasted just one season, missing a critical kick in the team's divisional-round playoff game at the San Francisco 49ers. He was cut at the end of training camp prior to the 2024 season.
The Packers have Brandon McManus on the roster but he struggled mightily last season as he battled an injury, and like Carlson before him, missed important kicks in a playoff game loss in 2025.
His rough season comes less than a year after he signed a three-year extension with the Packers.
But the selection of Smack has to signal that McManus' days are numbered, or at the very least, there will be a serious competition this summer in training camp.
Here's the reaction from Packers fans on social media after the team picked Smack:
Let’s go!! I can’t take another season of Brandon McManus #TreySmack #GoPackGo #NFLDraft #Packers https://t.co/mwVgbOZrKU
They actually got him 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/ee9OPvHxQX
The #Packers trade up for kicker Trey Smack.Smack is 10-13 from 50+ yards in his career.He has been 81% or better for 3 straight years.PLEASE let this move fix our kicker curse.
Green Bay got them the best kicker in the draft https://t.co/anmWuCNw0p
ARE WE FINALLY FREE FROM MCMANUS https://t.co/NnC515HazJ
There is no world where a Kicker called Smack fails! https://t.co/0pyvATOpIw
— Rich - DynastyIsland 🏝 (@DynastyIsland) April 25, 2026
Trey Smack isn't afraid of the big moment. pic.twitter.com/Q04P8bO3FF
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Packers trade up to pick kicker Trey Smack in 6th round, top reactions