Part 6 of our 90-to-1 countdown of the Green Bay Packers’ roster continues with three late-round draft picks and a challenger at long snapper.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers will take a 90-man roster to the field for the first practice of training camp on July 22.
Including a swing and a miss on former seventh-round pick Hunter Bradley, the Packers have been searching for a reliable snapper for years. Oddly, they’ve had several but let them get away. The Eagles’ Rick Lovato, the Panthers’ J.J. Jansen, the Buccaneers’ Zach Triner and the 49ers’ Taybor Pepper all spent time with the Packers.
That had been the role of former third-round pick Josiah Deguara the last four years. Last year, he played 196 snaps in 15 games; his per-game snap rate of 20 percent the lowest of his career. He was a total afterthought in the passing game, not seeing a single target over the final 11 games . “He’s a big man, and what I loved about him is he came to Mobile and wasn’t overwhelmed. There wasn’t any anxiety. I mean, the dude came out confident. We threw him right in there and he held up in one-on-one pass-rush stuff against some really good players from the jump.”
Monk fits the Packers profile as a versatile blocker. He started 58 games in five seasons at Duke: 36 games at right guard, 12 at right tackle and 10 at center. During his final two seasons, he started 13 games at right guard and 10 at center, earning honorable-mention all-ACC both seasons. Monk worked his way into becoming a center prospect. Duke’s coaches told him he’d be moving to center at the start of camp in 2022. Snapping the ball was a challenge. So, after 10:30 p.m. bed check, he’d sneak out and knock on the door of quarterback Riley Leonard.
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