The Green Bay Packers are going into the 2024 season with massive expectations on the offensive side of the ball. Green Bay established themselves as having one of the best (and young) offenses in the league during the latter half of the 2023 season.
Jordan Love absolutely lit the league on fire and the young group of weapons around him were a huge reason why. Today, contract details were released regarding a new wide receiver on the roster.
Contract Details Announced For New Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver
According to NFL Analyst Aaron Wilson:
#Packers one year deal for Jalen Wayne $795,000
After being undrafted out of South Alabama, Jalen Wayne bounced around NFL and CFL rosters for the last year before finding a spot with the Green Bay Packers. After three years with light production Wayne caught 418 yards in 2020, 53 passes for 630 yards in 2021 and 58 passes for 817 yards in 2022, setting career highs in catches and yards during his final season.
There is no coincidence that Wayne shares his last name with Hall of Famer Reggie Wayne.
“We connected over social media and Instagram,”Jalen Wayne told The Buffalo News. “I let him know we were related. After that, he gave me his number. From my sophomore year until now, he’s been in my ear helping me out.”
Reggie Wayne is in his third season as the Colts’ receivers coach.
“From the first time he started talking to me, he gave me a bunch of drills to do,” Jalen Wayne said. “I mastered all that stuff, mastered my craft. After that is when the mental aspect came in. He told me stuff to think about on game day, stuff not to think about. ‘Think about what the quarterback is doing, think about your job and being open.’ If it’s a Cover-3 team, he’ll tell me how to run routes that day. It was a lot. It was day-to-day actually. My senior year, he’d scout me.”
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