The Green Bay Packers can begin signing players to the practice squad after the waiver period expires on
Wednesday. During the 2023 season, all NFL teams can have up to 16 players on their practice squad.
The Packers dismissed 32 players on Tuesday, but several will return to Green Bay on the practice squad beginning
in 2023. Once the practice squad is filled, Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur’s 53-man initial roster will be expanded
to a full 69-player roster.
Follow along as Packers Wire tracks all of Wednesday’s practice squad additions:
According to SI.com’s Bill Huber, the Packers have signed edge rusher Keshawn Banks to their practice squad.
Banks, an undrafted free agent from San Diego State, recorded two pressures and five stops in 70 snaps this
preseason. His total defensive grade was the fifth-best in the Packers’ three preseason games, and his five stops rated
second on the team, according to PFF.
According to Ryan Wood of PackersNews.com, the Packers have signed tight end Austin Allen to their practice squad.
Allen (6-8) excelled as a run blocker in the preseason and will provide the Packers with an in-line tight end to
develop. Given the Packers’ current roster of only three tight ends, he could be called upon early in the season.
According to Tom Silverstein of PackersNews.com, the Packers have signed offensive tackle Kadeem Telfort to their
practice squad.
Telfort, a huge (6-8, 322) rookie tackle, played 48 plays at left tackle this preseason. The Packers have increasingly
drawn towards large, long-armed tackles, and Telfort is the latest to emerge off the practice squad.
The Packers have signed safety Benny Sapp to their practice squad, according to Tom Silverstein of
PackersNews.com.
Sapp, an undrafted rookie from Northern Iowa, was the team’s third-highest graded defensive player during the
preseason, according to PFF, and recorded the game-winning interception in the last preseason game. Sapp is the
son of Benny Sapp II, who had eight seasons in the NFL from 2004 to 2011.
