The Green Bay Packers will see a familiar face on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tariq Carpenter, a seventh-round pick of the Packers in 2022, was elevated from the Steelers practice squad on Saturday and will make his season debut on Sunday against the Packers, his former team.
The Steelers list Carpenter as a linebacker, a position he was trying to learn in Green Bay this summer. He was signed to the Steelers practice squad a day after being released by the Packers during final cuts in August.
After nine weeks developing on the Steelers practice squad, Carpenter is ready to make his 2023 season debut. He will help replace linebacker Cole Holcomb, who is on injured reserve.
Carpenter, the 228th pick in the 2022 draft, played in 14 games for the Packers last season. He was on the field for 134 snaps on special teams and was a core member for Rich Bisaccia down the stretch as a rookie.
Expect to see Carpenter — who now wears No. 49 for the Steelers– on the field for special teams snaps on Sunday.
In other former Packers news, Steelers defensive lineman Montravius Adams — a third-round pick of the Packers in 2017 — is inactive. He is a starter for the Steelers defense but won’t play Sunday due to an injury.