Luke Musgrave

Career StatsF

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		35	65	649	1
2025		17	24	252	0
2024		7	7	45	0
2023		11

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

This is a solid value proposition that earns a B CVI for Green Bay, representing a fair deal with modest upside for a developing tight end. Musgrave's $2.1M AAV sits in the sweet spot for a depth piece who's shown flashes of potential in his early career, giving the Packers reasonable cost certainty without breaking the bank on an unproven commodity. At just 24 years old, he's entering the prime development window for tight ends, a position notoriously slow to mature at the NFL level, which makes the four-year commitment a calculated bet on his trajectory rather than current production. The $6.3M in guaranteed money provides enough security to keep Musgrave motivated while protecting Green Bay from catastrophic loss if he fails to develop into a consistent contributor. The contract structure reflects smart roster building — locking up a young player with upside at below-average starter money before he potentially breaks out, while maintaining flexibility to move on if the investment doesn't pan out. For a Packers team looking to build depth behind their established weapons, this deal represents the kind of measured risk that championship rosters are built on.

Performance Analysis

Luke Musgrave earns an F grade as a tight end who has been unable to deliver on the promise of his second-round draft selection. The Packers invested premium capital in his athletic profile and receiving potential, but injuries and inconsistency have plagued his career from the start. When healthy, Musgrave has shown flashes of the dynamic receiving tight end Green Bay envisioned, but those moments have been far too rare. His blocking development has been slow as well, limiting his snap count to passing situations. The Packers need more from this investment, and quickly.

Current Sentiment

Luke Musgrave's public profile sits at a quiet, uncontroversial B- — the kind of sentiment grade that reflects a player the fanbase neither rallies around nor worries about. The narrative driving that perception is almost defined by its absence: three seasons into his career, Musgrave has generated minimal media scrutiny, no significant breakout moments, and no red flags, leaving him occupying that middle-tier roster space where depth tight ends tend to disappear from the broader conversation. That muted public standing does track with his on-field production grade, which currently sits at F — a signal that his 252 receiving yards across 17 games in the 2025 season haven't translated into the kind of impact that moves the needle for either fans or analysts. Green Bay's recent offseason activity — signing Tyrod Taylor, adding corner Domani Jackson, and bolstering the defensive line and linebacker corps — reinforces a roster-building narrative focused elsewhere, which does nothing to elevate Musgrave's standing in the public eye heading into the 2026 regular season. At 25 and entering his third year on a rookie-scale deal, the window to redefine his narrative as something beyond a complementary piece is still technically open, but the momentum — or lack thereof — suggests he'll need a dramatically different 2026 to shift the conversation. Right now, the honest bottom line is that Musgrave is a name Packers fans know but rarely argue about, and in a results-driven league, that quiet indifference is its own verdict.