Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 24

Thread: Official 2024 Packers UDFA Thread

  1. #1
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    32,554

    Official 2024 Packers UDFA Thread

    RB Jarveon Howard, Alcorn State, 7.39 RAS, per Cam Marino

    OL Donovan Jennings, South Florida, 8.93 RAS, per Aaron Wilson

    OT Trente Jones, Michigan, 7.45 RAS, per Jeremy Fowler

    TE Messiah Swinson, Arizona State per Jason Hirschhorn

    WR Julian Hicks, Albany, 9.18 RAS, per Zach Jacobson

    DT James Ester, Northern Illinois per Tom Silverstein

    DT Rodney Mathews, Ohio per Tom Silvestein

    LB Ralen Goforth, Washington, 7.81 RAS, per Zach Jacobson

    LS Peter Bowden, UW-Madison per Tom Silverstein
    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

  2. #2

  3. #3
    Neo Rat HOFer Fritz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Detroitish
    Posts
    20,758
    A couple of those o-linemen have a nice RAS.

    Good to have some long snapper competition.

    I wish they could’ve signed that linebacker Johnny Multiplie from Idaho.

    Who’s on the field in the linebacker spots for the Packers? Goforth and Multiplie!
    "The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."

    KYPack

  4. #4
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    32,554
    Dolphins signed UDFA CB Storm Duck. I'm jealous.
    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

  5. #5
    I heard that LS Bowden was the consensus best one coming out this year. Seems likely to make the team.

  6. #6
    Anti Homer Rat HOFer Bretsky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts
    32,871
    Blog Entries
    2
    BUMMER; this was the guy I predicted GB taking in round 7==info from the 1265 report on facebook

    The Packers must really like OL Donavan Jennings from University of South Florida:
    They are giving him a $10,000 signing bonus and $100,000 guaranteed (per Aaron Wilson)…
    The signing bonus is more than they gave any UDFA last year and they did not give any guaranteed money to an UDFA last year.
    LIFE IS ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS; I JUST REALIZED THIS. The MILWAUKEE BUCKS have won the same number of championships over the past 50 years as the Green Bay Packers. Ten years from now, who will have more championships, and who will be the fart in the wind ?

  7. #7
    Neo Rat HOFer Fritz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Detroitish
    Posts
    20,758
    Quote Originally Posted by Bretsky View Post
    BUMMER; this was the guy I predicted GB taking in round 7==info from the 1265 report on facebook

    The Packers must really like OL Donavan Jennings from University of South Florida:
    They are giving him a $10,000 signing bonus and $100,000 guaranteed (per Aaron Wilson)…
    The signing bonus is more than they gave any UDFA last year and they did not give any guaranteed money to an UDFA last year.
    So is it financially more lucrative to be a in-high-demand UDFA or a seventh round draft pick?
    "The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."

    KYPack

  8. #8
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    32,554
    Jennings was kind of expected to be drafted. Been hurt some last 2 years and will turn 25 in November. That likely hurt him. A Tackle who probably has to move to Guard. He has a real chance. If he got 100,000 guaranteed, that is basically the amount of guaranteed money a 7th round pick received last year.

    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

  9. #9
    Senior Rat HOFer beveaux1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Louisiana
    Posts
    5,669
    Quote Originally Posted by Fritz View Post
    So is it financially more lucrative to be a in-high-demand UDFA or a seventh round draft pick?
    A high demand UDFA can make a lot more.

  10. #10
    Anyone know the rules on the length of team control for UDFA's?

  11. #11
    Jumbo Rat HOFer
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Madison, WI
    Posts
    14,516
    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Campbell View Post
    Anyone know the rules on the length of team control for UDFA's?
    It changed a few years ago. I think you can designate one player who cannot get taken no matter what and a couple of “veterans” that have some type of limited protection.

    Other than that, I think any team can sign a practice squad player to their active roster.
    But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.

    -Tim Harmston

  12. #12
    I think he means years. I think the first three years are always with the initial team unless released/traded. Two years on the first contract and then ERFA.

  13. #13
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    32,554
    A player with fewer than 3 accrued seasons becomes an external rights free agent. A player with 3 accrued seasons becomes a restricted free agent. A layer with 4 accrued seasons becomes an unrestricted free agent.
    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

  14. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by beveaux1 View Post
    A high demand UDFA can make a lot more.
    Yeah, the signing bonuses plus guaranteed money can be better. Ben Sims got more money from the Vikings as a UDFA (110000) than Carrington Valentine did (~100800) as a GB R7 pick. It's been happening over the last 3 drafts or so, the UDFAs getting as much or more along with control over where they can sign. Theory is it's one reason Gb likes those R7 picks - they have better cost control over the player's contract in many cases.

  15. #15
    Thanks guys. It looks like UDFA's have team control for 4 years, much like round 2-7 picks - as long as the team extends qualifying offers, and the player makes the roster.

  16. #16
    Neo Rat HOFer Fritz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Detroitish
    Posts
    20,758
    Dear Lord,

    Please bring the Green Bay Packers another Sam Shields in this year’s UDFA crop.

    Thank you.
    "The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."

    KYPack

  17. #17
    The Donovan Jennings get is a good one. Basically like another R7 pick with the guaranteed money, and probably a better fit than their R6 pick Glover. There's twitter cutups of him holding up to Dallas Turner pretty well.
    He'll get a legit shot to make the roster as a backup G-T. Don't know much about the others, although I hear the LS has a decent shot of unseating Orzech.

    With all the draft picks they've had in the last 3 years, there aren't a lot of spots for UDFAs left.
    Feels like a young roster that is divesting a lot of bloated/cap hell contracts.

  18. #18
    Wolf Pack Rat HOFer Deputy Nutz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    In Skin's basket
    Posts
    11,175
    I cannot believe Leonard Taylor, Gabe Hall, Greenfield, and Ceasar didn't get drafted.

  19. #19
    Stoner Rat HOFer Brandon494's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    VA
    Posts
    5,913
    Good read on our UDFAs, I see at least two making the final roster

    https://packerswire.usatoday.com/lis...class-in-2024/

  20. #20
    Postal Rat HOFer Joemailman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    In a van down by the river
    Posts
    32,554
    Bowden has the best chance. Ester and Jennings have an outside chance.
    Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •