Christian Young, Deandre Johnson, and Deslin Alexandre, three linebackers, have signed reserve/future contracts with the Green Bay Packers
The deals were announced on Tuesday by General Manager Brigreenan Gutekunst.Deal Done: green Bay has sign three key players
This past May, University of Pittsburgh first-year player Alexander) Alexandre (6-3, 264) signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted rookie. After training camp, he was released, and he played a portion of the regular season with the Chicago Bears practice squad.
.. Alexandre played in 58 games over the course of five seasons at Pitt, scoring 131 tackles (56 solo), 29.5 tackles for a loss, 16.5 sacks, eight passes defensed, and two fumble recoveries against opponents.
First-year University of Miami (Fla.) athlete Johnson (6-3, 252) signed with the Miami Dolphins in May 2022 as an undrafted free agent. He was a player for the XFL’s Houston Roughnecks in 2023.
Johnson participated in one season of play at the University of Miami (2021) and four years at the University of Tennessee (2017–20). His stats include 84 tackles (47 solo), 14.5 sacks, a pass defensed, and six caused fumbles in 53 games overall, with 19 starts.
This season, Young (6-1, 221), a rookie, was a member of the practice squads of the Packers and Seattle Seahawks.
On May 12, 2023, the Seahawks signed him as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Arizona; however, he was cut following training camp. Over the course of his five-year career at Arizona, Young played in 48 games with 32 starts, totaling 182 tackles (102 solo), nine tackles for a loss, 11 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries.
