Nebraska wide receiver Samori Toure will be headed to the NFC North to start his professional football career. The Portland, Oregon native was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft with the 258th pick by the Green Bay Packers. In 2021, Toure had 46 catches for 898 yards and five touchdowns. He was an Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten selection by the media as well. Before coming to Nebraska, Toure had played at FCS Montana, where he set numerous school records such as Single-Season Receiving Yardage Record (1,495 yards), Single-Season Receptions Record (82 catches), and Single-Game Receiving Yards Record (303 yards vs. SE Louisiana) which also set the FCS playoff record for Receiving Yards in a Game. He was the third receiver taken by Green Bay after Christian Watson with pick 34 and Romeo Doubs with pick 132
🧀🧀🧀@samori_toure is the newest member of the @packers!#GBR || #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/DHkTRvuPwB
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