Daric Whipple enters his fifth season with the Packers and his first as a National Football Scouting (NFS) Inc. college scout covering the Southwest region and serving as the team's NFS representative to the annual NFL Scouting Combine. He originally joined the Packers' personnel department in the summer of 2022 as a scouting intern, where he helped with the evaluation of college and pro prospects. Whipple (first name is pronounced dair-ick) then spent two seasons (2023-24) as a scouting assistant before he was promoted to pro scout in 2025.
Prior to joining the Packers, Whipple played six seasons of college football, spending two seasons (2020-21) at Northern Iowa after spending four seasons (2016-19) at Iowa State. Following the 2021 season, Whipple received the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award from the Missouri Valley Football Conference and was named to the MVFC's honor roll. He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from Iowa State in 2020 and a master's degree in kinesiology, sports and exercise science from Northern Iowa in 2022.
Whipple played quarterback at Greene County High School in Jefferson, Iowa, from 2012-15, and was a starter from 2013-15. He received Class 3A second-team all-state recognition and an invitation to the 2016 Iowa Shrine Bowl following his senior season in 2015, in which he passed for 1,508 yards and 17 TDs and rushed for 1,101 yards and 14 TDs. Whipple also participated in baseball and track and field in high school, where he lettered all four years.
Born in Jefferson, Iowa, Whipple resides in Dallas, Texas.
