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Packers Waive P Justin Vogel

May 4th, 2018 at 2:25pm CST by Zachary Links

The Packers are making a change at punter. After drafting punter J.K. Scott in the fifth round of this year’s draft, they waived Justin Vogel on Friday, a source tells Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (on Twitter).

Vogel signed with the Packers last year as an undrafted free agent and beat out Jacob Schum for the punting job. In 2017, he averaged 44.4 yards per attempt, with a net average of 41 yards. He also put 19 of his 71 punts inside of the 20-yard line.

Vogel is not considered to be on the same level as punters like Johnny Hekker of the Rams or Marquette King of the Broncos (formerly of the Raiders), but he should be able to land a camp contract after a decent showing last year.

Packers Sign 15 UDFAs

May 5th, 2017 at 11:57am CST by Zachary Links

Busy day in Green Bay. The Packers have signed 15 undrafted free agents while also formally signing five of their draft picks. The complete rundown is below.

Draft pick signings:

DeAngelo Yancey, WR, Purdue (fifth round)
Aaron Jones, RB, Texas-El Paso (fifth round)
Kofi Amichia, G, South Florida (sixth round)
Devante Mays, RB, Utah State (seventh round)
Malachi Dupre, WR, Louisiana State (seventh round)

As a senior at Purdue, Yancey hauled in 49 receptions for 951 yards and 10 touchdowns. Yancey offers good size for the position at 6’2″, but scouts aren’t sure if he’ll be able to make it in the NFL because of his lack of speed burst. He’s also struggled with drops throughout his career, as NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein writes.

UDFAs:

Donatello Brown, CB (Valdosta State)
Johnathan Calvin, LB (Mississippi State)
Michael Clark, WR (Marshall St.)
Montay Crockett, WR (Georgia Southern)
Thomas Evans, G (Richmond)
Geoff Gray, G (Manitoba)
Cody Heiman, LB (Washburn)
Taysom Hill, QB (Brigham Young)
Izaah Lunsford, DT (Bowling Green St.)
Adam Pankey, G/T (West Virginia)
Aaron Peck, TE (Fresno State)
Kalif Phillips, RB (Charlotte)
Lenzy Pipkins, CB (Oklahoma State)
David Rivers, CB (Youngstown State)
Justin Vogel, P (Miami)

Clark, who played basketball at St. Francis before transferring to Marshall to play football, has only one year of organized football on his resume.