The Green Bay Packers will kickoff their 2023 season 74 days from now against the Chicago Bears. In celebration of a new era of Packers football and in anticipation for the upcoming season, Wisconsin Sports Heroics will present the top 100 players in franchise history in the 100 days leading up to the start of the regular season. Our rankings are based on Pro Football References Approximate Value stat, which gives a numeric value to each season a player plays in.
Green Bay Packers Greatest Player #74: Dorsey Levens
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Another fan-favorite from the 1990’s and Super Bowl XXXI winning team, Dorsey Levens, is the 74th greatest player in franchise history (according to AV). He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round (149th overall pick) of the 1994 NFL Draft.
What is very interesting about Levens is that he currently ranks seventh on the Packers’ all-time rushing list (3,937 yards) despite being the team’s featured running back for only two seasons.
Those seasons, of course, were the best of his career. In 1997, Levens rans for 1,435 yards and seven touchdowns and made his only Pro Bowl appearance. After an injury shortened 1998 season, Levens returned as the Green Bay’s featured back in 1999, rushing for 1,034 yards and nine touchdowns.
Of course, Levens also had a good year in 1996, the year the Packers won the Super Bowl. As the second option behind Edgar Bennett, he rushed for 566 yards and five touchdowns.
Levens spent the last three years of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. His career AV with Green Bay was 53.
For what Levens has been up to since retiring, check out my exclusive interview with him here.
Green Bay Packers Greatest Players List
- #100- Daryn Colledge
- #99- Mike Butler
- #98- Bernardo Harris
- #97- Tyrone Williams
- #96- Dick Himes
- #95- Mason Crosby
- #94- Mike McCoy
- #93- Gilbert Brown
- #92- Ryan Pickett
- #91- Ron Kostelnik
- #90- Earl Dotson
- #89- Paul Hornung
- #88- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
- #87- Robert Brooks
- #86- Ken Bowman
- #85- Edgar Bennett
- #84- Jesse Whittenton
- #83- Tim Harris
- #82- Gerry Ellis
- #81- Jim Carter
- #80- Willie Buchanon
- #79- James Jones
- #78- Al Harris
- #77- Santana Dotson
- #76- Bill Forester
- #75- Kenny Clark
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