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Raysean Pringle

To make an NFL team’s roster, sometimes it takes thinking outside the box a bit.

Vince Lombardi did it way back when a guy by the name of Herb Adderley was drafted out of Michigan State as a running back.

Lombardi liked what he saw in Adderley, but thought he would make a better cornerback than running back – besides, the Packers had a couple of guys by the names of Taylor and Hornung in those days.

Green Bay doesn’t have that lineage in the offensive backfield these days, but they have plenty of bodies.

Packers staff liked Pringle’s athleticism and signed him not as a running back and wide receiver, but as a cornerback – where they need all they help they can get.

In a post from The Spectrum, SUU head coach Demario Warren had this to say about Pringle: “I kept trying to steal him when I was a defensive coordinator, but he didn’t want to come over. Maybe if I had an NFL logo, he would have come over.”

Clearly, the Packers had that influence.

Pringle will wear number 46 for the Packers.