One-time trade target Chase Claypool among tryouts at Packers rookie camp
Veteran receiver Chase Claypool was one of the nine tryout players the Packers brought to their rookie minicamp.
GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers invited nine players to take part on a tryout basis in their rookie minicamp and two of them are familiar names. One is veteran wide receiver Chase Claypool, a second-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020 who was nearly acquired in a 2022 trade . The Steelers put Claypool up for trade just before the ’22 trade deadline and the Packers offered a second-round pick for the former Notre Dame receiver.
The Chicago Bears also offered a second-round pick and the Steelers accepted their offer because they thought it would be a higher selection in the ’23 draft. The Claypool trade was a bust. He played in just 10 games for the Bears and caught 18 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown.
In October 2023, the Bears traded him to Miami along with a seventh-round pick in exchange for a sixth-round pick. In ’24, Claypool signed a one-year, $1. 135 million contract with Buffalo but he was released at the end of training camp.
He has not played a game in the NFL since the ’23 season. The Packers also invited Alabama-Birmingham running back Isaiah Jacobs, the brother of running back Josh Jacobs, to their minicamp on a tryout basis. The other tryout players are: Tackle Dain Walter, UW-La Crosse Quarterback Aidan Bouman, South Dakota Long snapper Spencer Triplett, North Carolina Punter Caleb Junko, Pittsburgh Long snapper Brett Weising, Drake Linebacker Alex Afari, Kentucky Guard Jacoby Jackson, Mississippi State This article originally appeared on Packers News: Veteran receiver Chase Claypool among tryouts at Packers rookie minicamp