The perfect running back prospect for the Packers in this draft class

If the Packers share the thought of how similar Jacobs and Benson are, they would certainly love the prospect. When talking about his offseason moves, Brian Gutekunst praised Jacobs' style of play.

"He runs with a lot of violence, explosiveness. He's a bigger back, a durable back for the most part," Gutekunst said of Jacobs. "He's really a guy who can flourish in all phases as a runner, as a blocker, and certainly as a pass catcher. Really excited, not only to have the player but the person added to our football team."

Who Trey Benson is as a prospect

According to A to Z Sports' College Football Managing Editor Travis May, Trey Benson is the best running back of the class. It's not a special year at the position, but Benson is the 44th prospect on May's top 50 board.

"There will be hot debate surrounding the RB1 conversation this year, but Trey Benson should be that guy," May wrote. "Benson has home run hitting ability with great speed and vision, even if he does have a bit of an odd upright running style."

On the consensus big board built by the NFL Mock Draft Database website, Benson is the 60th player, which means the Packers could realistically take him with their second second-round pick — with some luck from the team, he could fall to the third round.

If the Packers like strong athletic profiles, that's another area where Trey Benson is a good fit. He has elite speed for the position, with good size and explosiveness. His incomplete Relative Athletic Score is an elite 9.78 number — he didn't take the agility tests.

Among the top prospects of this class, Benson is first in missed tackles forced per carry, fourth in yards per route run, and fifth in yards after contact per attempt. He is also first in breakaway percentage — percentage of all designed yards coming from 15+-yard carries. He's not only first in this class, but also second among every running back prospect since 2016, just behind Keaton Mitchell and close to Khalil Herbert.

Brian Gutekunst hasn't shied away from investing in the running back position — he gave big contracts to Aaron Jones and Josh Jacobs, and drafted AJ Dillon in the second round. If he intends to do that again next month, Trey Benson is probably his ideal target.