Need to rely on others about what they know about him. Just hope he is a good one!

173 of 176 extra points made .

His parents are proud of him and he has a great relationship with the family dog. Tore his non-kicking leg ACL in 2021 fielding an on-side kick. What's not to like?

Plus he's from Colorado Springs. So we can't possibly miss on another Colorado specialist.... Right?

After a pretty good year He messed up his knee and was not as good as the previous year. He was reportedly slow in his delivery and led to some blocks. Big guy and used to knock it out of the park before his injury.

I'd like to know how he can improve upon his 72% field goal rate and 59% touchback rate when he kicks in the NFL. Maybe part of it is that he was coming off an ACL tear last year and wasn't fully recovered from it, so he should now be at full strength. Or maybe he can benefit from coaching. When Rick Bisaccia was with the Raiders, he coached Carlson's brother, who is also a kicker.

Hope he can kick in the cold and wind.

He’s only missed 3 extra points and no 3 pointers from under 30 yards. His older brother was drafted by the Vikings and has been with the Raiders for a couple of years and very good.

He has had accuracy issues on kick offs and is sub 54% for his career over 40 yards. He may not be the best kicker on our roster, at least it’s not obvious.

Not a very good third day at all so far, with a couple of exceptions (both DL), some pretty dubious picks I could see not justifying spots on the final roster. This is another.

Oh my. Now if Anders was a clone of his brother, okay, but I'm not sure if we have one. He has a strong leg, but FG accuracy isn't as sterling as you would like it to be. And obviously kicking in the SEC is not going to be the same as kicking in the NFC North.

That being said, I think Gute would be wise to invite a small army of kickers to Green Bay for a tryout when the time comes--just in case.

Gute caving to immense pressure from the Sons of Norway Lodge Grønnvik 632 at Trinity Lutheran on South Broadway St. If you've ever had Karl Halvorson twist your arm, you'd know.

I'm sure our ST coordinator had input...he knows what he's doing. Good enough... for now.

If he gets back to his 2020 stats, maybe. I’m with SplitPea, better bring in a plethora of Kickers to compete.

I was hoping we would get the Michigan kicker, Jake Moody, but he went early and I wasn't really surprised he was drafted. I also read about Chad Ryland from Maryland and he had a great college record and high kicking percentage, but he was drafted fairly early as well. Those are the only two kickers I was familiar with prior to the draft.

I am surprised the Packers used a 6th round pick on Anders Carlson. It just seems like he would be a player who would be available as a free agent, especially coming off an ACL and lacking "knock your socks off" kicking statistics.

We certainly had great success on our last kicker we picked in the 6th round and we can only hope this one works out well.

Sounds like he’ll be the second or third best kicker in camp. Why spend a pick on him?

Gute has had a very, very bad day. 3 of these picks might well have been UDFAs and not the best among those either.

Ok, a little harsh, Wicks would have been worth a late 7th flyer on the strength of athleticism alone, in the hope that he can somehow learn to catch. Probably the worst college catcher I can remember us drafting, but athletic.

Too many potential contributors on the board to take a kicker in the 6th round. This guy almost certainly would have been sitting there at the end of the 7th. Not against using a pick on a kicker, just not there. Hope he is the heir apparent and it works out.

Meh. Not impressed. I don't think they expected the top two kickers to be taken in the 3rd and 4th rounds. Re-sign Mason.

I think what the Packers were thinking on this one was how he was kicking before his knee injury, as ACL tears take a while to get back to full strength. Plus we have Bisaccia coaching his brother maybe being a factor as well. Time will tell but I think it would be prudent to have at least 3 kickers in camp to do battle.

FG 79-110 longest 46 yards and this is the best one out there?

Wow sure have lot of experts here on who should be picked when and where!

Another bad pick on another player who was projected to be a undrafted FA. Seriously, I don't know how Gutekunst keeps his job. Year after year he makes stupid decisions.

At first I thought this kid was a hockey player eligible for the upcoming NHL draft. My theory is that Bisaccia knows this kid and recommended him to Gutekunst. So he (Gutekunst) drafted him - probably early - to make his best coach happy.

Anyone in here ever do any kicking?

I kind of feel like you really need to be a kicker to adequately assess a kicker's potential.

Kicking, it's... something.

Parker White will win the job. Senior year at South Carolina he was 16/17 on field goals and 30/30 on extra points. Was 10/10 during tryout, including 4/4 over 50. Also hit one from 60.
Let the competition begin.
Also keep Crosby on speed dial.