FIRST ROUND - The Packers selected DL Vonnie Holliday, from the Universityof North Carolina with the 19th pick in the draft. Holliday was thePackers' second highest rated defensive lineman. The 6' 5" lineman weighsin at 300 lbs and runs the 40 yard dash in 4.99 seconds. Holliday is thefirst defensive tackle taken in the first round by the Packers since BruceClark in 1980. He is expected to be tried at both defensive tackle anddefensive end when the Packers' first mini-camp opens next weekend.
SECOND ROUND - Pick was traded to the Miami Dolphins.
THIRD ROUND - The Packers selected DE Jonathan Brown, from Tennessee withthe 90th pick in the draft. Brown is 6' 4" 270 lbs. and led the SEC with13.5 sacks in 1997. He is Tennessee's third all-time sack leader, behindReggie White and Leonard Little.
FOURTH ROUND - The Packers selected CB Roosevelt Blackmon, from MorrisBrown with the 121st pick in the draft. The 6' 0" cornerback weighs in at181 lbs and runs the 40 yard dash in 4.50 seconds.
FIFTH ROUND - The Packers selected WR Corey Bradford, from Jackson Statewith the 150th pick in the draft. The 6' 0" wide receiver weighs in at 197lbs and runs the 40 yard dash in 4.53 seconds.
SIXTH ROUND - The Packers selected FS Scott McGarrahan , from New Mexicowith the 156th pick in the draft. The 6' 0" wide receiver weighs in at 199lbs and runs the 40 yard dash in 4.55 seconds. The Packers used theirsecond pick in the sixth round to select QB Matt Hasselbeck, from BostonCollege as the 187th pick in the draft. The 6' 4" quarterback weighs in at222 lbs and runs the 40 yard dash in 4.92 seconds.
SEVENTH ROUND - The Packers selected RB Edwin Watson, from Purdue with the218th pick in the draft. The 6' 0" running back weighs in at 224 lbs andruns the 40 yard dash in 4.59 seconds.
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Here's a bit more in depth news. The main page says Lee DeRamus is here. Well whoopy that means nothing unless you're from Wisconsin and rember DeRamus from his years with the Badgers. If you do you been wondering what he's been up to? Well in the '95 and '96 seasons he was with the New Orleans Saints, where he caught 21 passes for 258 yards and one touchdown. OK not impressive numbers but with the Ain'ts who has impressive numbers??? But with the Badgers people occasionally have impressive numbers and considering that most of those people are runners his are very impressive. DeRamus caut 119 passes for 1,974 yards and 15 touchdowns, that's in 3 years, his senior year he was forced to sit out because of injury. My main page doesn't say a thing about the Packers resigning TE Jeff Thomason. This page will be updated occasionally with indepth news plus I'll keep a list of Packer moves updated too.
Franchise Designation
Dorsey LevensUnrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Mark Collins, CBJeff Dellenbach, C/G
Paul Frase, DE
Terry Mickens, WR
Restricted Free Agents (RFA)
Antonio Freeman, WRAaron Hayden, RB
William Henderson, FB
Darius Holland, DT
Travis Jervey, RB
Adam Timmerman, G
Free Agents Re-Signed
Robert Brooks, WR (UFA)Jeff Thomason, TE (UFA)
Brian Williams, LB (RFA)
Practice Squad Players Re-Signed
Anthony Fogle, CBBilly Lyon, DE
Emory Smith, RB
Kyle Wachholtz, TE
Free Agents Signed
Kief Bryant, DTLee DeRamus, WR
Terrell Farley, DB
Roger Harper, S
Sean Landeta, P (UFA-TB)
Antonio London, LB
Anthony McKinney, TE/FB
Dexter Nottage, DE
Dino Philyaw, RB
Roell Preston, WR/KR
Free Agents Lost
Edgar Bennett, RB (Chicago)Doug Evans, CB (Carolina)
Craig Hentrich, P (Tennessee)
Eugene Robinson, S (Atlanta)
Aaron Taylor, G (San Diego)
Gabe Wilkins, DE (San Francisco)
Other Offseason Movements
Joe Andruzzi, G - assigned to NFL Europe (Scotland)Don Beebe, WR - waived at his request
Nolan Cromwell, Special Teams Coach - re-assigned on Packers' staff as wide receivers coach
Ken Flajole - named as a defensive assistant/quality control coach
Anthony Fogle, CB - assigned to NFL Europe (Barcelona)
Gil Haskell, Wide Receivers Coach - joined Carolina Panthers as offensive coordinator
Johnny Holland, Quality Control Coach - re-assigned on Packers' staff as special teams coach
Dino Philyaw, RB - assigned to NFL Europe (Scotland)
Mike Prior, S - waived
