Entering the 2025 season, the Packers who are going to the final year of their rookie deals are well known and have been discussed plenty.

But there are also a whole host of players entering year three who could set themselves up for a life changing contract extension a year from now with a strong showing in 2025. Here are the top three candidates to earn a long term deal with their play this year:

Jayden Reed

Reed has led the Packers in receiving yards since his rookie year in 2023 with 1,731, as well as receiving touchdowns with 14. While he may not be the prototypical ‘WR1’ build, if you had to pick someone to describe as Green Bay’s top dog, it would probably be Reed.

His production is probably the least under threat from the selection of Matthew Golden in the first round of the draft, helping his case to continue producing and hopefully eclipse 1,000 yards receiving for the first time in 2025.

Although Savion Williams and Mecole Hardman could take some of the punt return and gadget work away from him, this may ultimately do Reed a favor and allow him to do more traditional receiver work. It could also help to keep him healthy throughout the season.

The drop issues Reed dealt with in 2024 masked the fact that he actually improved in almost every under the hood metric to measure wide receiver performance. If he can clean that up, Reed could be in for a huge year and a contract extension to match next offseason.

Tucker Kraft

After coming along slowly in 2023 before ending the year strong, Kraft broke out in his second NFL season, almost doubling his yardage from 379 to 733 and taking his touchdown total from three to seven.

The Packers have had no problem talking about wanting to get Kraft even more involved in the offense and making him more of a focal point, with a specific emphasis on the intermediate and deeper areas of the field.

Kraft has made a living on short, yards after the catch opportunities in his first two seasons, suiting his rugged, never say die style with the ball in his hands.

If he can become a more well rounded pass catcher in 2025, he could start to get recognition as one of the best tight ends in the league, and become a priority for Green Bay to keep around long term.

Carrington Valentine

Valentine is probably the Packers’ best cover corner, and as a former seventh-round pick, has played to an impressive level over the last two years. Entering his third season and still only 23 years old as of writing, the sky is the limit for him in coverage.

The big question is whether he can make enough progress in run defense, which has been poor so far.

With nickel defense the new normal in the NFL, Valentine will see the field plenty alongside Nate Hobbs and Keisean Nixon, but in base, he may miss out due to his teammates being more reliable against the run.

2025 looks to be a pivotal year for what the ceiling of Valentine’s career will be. If this season goes the right way, he could become a pillar of Green Bay’s defense for years to come and be set up to command a sizable contract from the Packers next offseason.