GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers signed a broad receiver Tuesday, however his name is Osirus Mitchell and not Julio Jones.
On the verysame day the Packers saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers include the veteran Jones, they signed current USFL item who invested the bulk of last season on the Dallas Cowboys’ practice team.
The Packers supposedly examined in on the 33-year-old Jones, the previous Atlanta Falcons superstar who hasactually missedouton 7 games due to injury in each of the last 2 years and handled simply 82 captures and 4 goals for the Falcons (’20) and Tennessee Titans (’21). It’s uncertain if they made him an deal.
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The 6-5, 206-pound Mitchell hasn’t played a snap in the NFL however after signingupwith the Cowboys as an undrafted complimentary representative out of Mississippi State in ’21 and endingup out the year on the practice team, he played for the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL this past spring.
He captured 23 passes for 333 lawns and 3 goals in 10 videogames.
At Mississippi State, Mitchell captured 107 passes for 1,413 lawns and 14 goals in 36 videogames.
In addition to finalizing Mitchell, the Packers included 2 other street complimentary representatives on the day priorto training camp practices begin:
♦ Ty Clary, a 6-4, 299-pound undrafted novice from Arkansas, who signed with the Miami Dolphins however was launched after stoppingworking a physical May14 He began 39 videogames over 5 seasons for the Razorbacks while making begins at right and left guard.
♦ Donte Vaughn, a 6-2, 211-pound cornerback from Notre Dame who signed with the Lo