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The #Packers are bringing in Tommy Stevens for a workout Monday as a tight end, per source. Stevens— the former college QB and #Saints draft pick — is one of several upcoming Green Bay workouts, including DB Rashard Robinson and NT Sterling Johnson.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 22, 2021
One former New Orleans Saints draft pick is still chasing his NFL dream. Tommy Stevens has scheduled a workout with the Green Bay Packers, as first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, where the 2020 seventh rounder will try out at tight end. Maybe Green Bay hopes to find some payback against the Saints for poaching Taysom Hill a few years back.
A college quarterback at Penn State and Mississippi State, Stevens unsuccessfully tried to convert to tight end with the Saints and Carolina Panthers, who released him earlier this year. He’s got a chance at 6-foot-5 and 236 pounds, having pioneered “the Taysom Hill role” with Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady when they were both members of the Nittany Lions.
Stevens was the subject of a draft-day controversy when Saints coach Sean Payton drew up a trade in the event’s final minutes, spoiling Stevens’ shot of teaming up with Brady again after he worked out a verbal agreement to sign with the Panthers. But if Stevens can’t stick on his third NFL roster a little over a year in the league, his time in the pros could soon come to an end.
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