GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Perhaps Todd McShay was listening to Mike McCarthy’s season wrap-up news conference when the Green Bay Packers coach talked about the need for more production in the middle of the field.

“Philosophically, to me, to have a successful passing game you have to have big targets that can turn through the middle of the field, whether it’s a tight end, whether it’s a big receiver,” McCarthy said last month.

Sure enough, McShay has found a tight end he thinks the Packers would take in the first round. In the second version of his mock draft released on Wednesday, McShay has paired Arkansas’ Hunter Henry with the Packers at No. 27 overall.

The 6-foot-5, 253-pound junior entry is the only tight end in the first round, according to McShay. Henry, who has good speed for his size, caught 51 passes for 739 yards and three touchdowns. His 14.5-yard average per catch was significantly higher than what the Packers got from top tight end Richard Rodgers (8.8) last season.

The selection of Henry is a change from McShay’s first mock draft in December. Back then, he had the Packers taking inside linebacker Su'a Cravens of USC.

McShay did not have a tight end in the first round in December’s version, however Henry did not declare for the draft until Jan. 4 after he reportedly received a first-round grade from the NFL’s draft advisory board.

As McShay noted, it’s not a deep group at tight end this year. Mel Kiper Jr. did not have a tight end in the first round in his latest mock draft.