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Packers sign TE Alize Mack to futures deal

The Packers signed TE Alize Mack, a 2019 seventh-round pick, to a futures deal.

The Green Bay Packers signed tight end Alize Mack to a reserve/futures deal, according to the league’s transaction wire on Monday.

Mack, a seventh-round pick of the New Orleans Saints in 2019, visited the Packers on Tuesday of last week.

The former Notre Dame star is an elite athlete. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds, hit 36″ in the vertical leap, finished the three-cone drill in 7.27 seconds and completed 22 reps in the bench press at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.

Mack has never appeared in a regular-season NFL game.

Mack (6-4, 249) has played for four different NFL teams. He spent time with the Detroit Lions last season.

The Packers may see Mack as the type of athlete who could carve out a niche as a move tight end in Matt LaFleur’s offense. The team only has Marcedes Lewis, Josiah Deguara and Tyler Davis under contract at tight end entering the offseason.

A futures deal becomes active at the start of the new league year in mid-March.

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Packers sign 3 rookies to futures contracts

Wide receiver Chris Blair, safety Innis Gaines and linebacker Ray Wilborn all signed the futures deals with the Packers on Friday.

The Green Bay Packers signed three rookies with reserve/future contracts.

Wide receiver Chris Blair, safety Innis Gaines and linebacker Ray Wilborn all signed futures deals with the Packers on Friday.

Any player not on active roster to end a season is eligible for a futures deal, but the contract won’t take effect until the start of the new league year. The Packers will not be able to use any of the three players during the 2020 season.

Blair, a rookie from Alcorn State, averaged 21.2 yards per catch and had seven touchdowns during his final collegiate season.

Gaines, a teammate of seventh-round pick Vernon Scott, played 38 games over four seasons at TCU. He finished his college career with 15 tackles for losses, four sacks and three interceptions.

Wilborn originally signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent and spent time with the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad in 2020. He played both linebacker and safety at Ball State.

All three players will join the team’s 90-man roster to start the 2021 league year.