Packer Fans - 30 Days Till the Draft!

Hey Packer Fans, 30 day till the draft!!!  It will be exciting to see what happens!  Did you see we signed a free agent kicker - puts a little heat on Crosby and he needs it!  Competition is good for all positions!

The kicker is Giorgio Tavecchio, from University of California!  He was picked up by the 49er's, played in 3 pre-season games and was cut.  Check out his bio:

Tavecchio (GEORGE-ee-oh tuh-VECK-ee-oh), a 5-foot-10, 182-pound first-year player out of the University of California, entered the league as a non-drafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in May 2012. He played in three preseason games for the 49ers, converting his lone field goal attempt and two extra points. As a collegian, Tavecchio appeared in 46 games during his career for the Golden Bears and finished No. 5 on the school’s all-time scoring list (No. 4 among kickers) with 256 points.

And he is a lefty!  Good to improve at every position!  Let the competition begin!

Draft day coming, the Packer website has been following a few college players.  Latest one is a good wide receiver from Tennessee, Cordarrelle Patterson, 6'2" & 216 pounds!  Nice size!  He also is very returned punts & kick offs!  That takes the heat off Cobb!

Some highlights:

• Games/Starts: 12/12
• In 12 starts, games, racked up school-record 1,858 all-purpose yards (154.8) to rank first in the SEC, tied for 18th in NCAA
• Mark of 1,858 all-purpose yards broke record of Reggie Cobb (1,721), set in 1987
• With 28.0 yards per kickoff return, ranks 19th in the NCAA and second in the SEC
• Average of 28.0 yards per kickoff return, ranks a UT record for any Vol with at least 20 returns in a season
• First player in NCAA to scored a touchdown four ways in a season since 2008 (Rec., Rush, Kick Return, Punt Return)
• One of seven players in NCAA to score a touchdown three different ways in 2012
• Led Vols with 10 touchdowns (five receiving, three rushing and one each on kickoff and punt return)
• Set SEC record for single-season total kick return (kickoff+punt) average per return with 27.6
• His 28.0 kickoff yards per return, rank as the second-most in a single-season in SEC history
• Returned 24 kickoffs for 671 yards, third-most yards in a season in UT history
• In 12 starts, had 46 catches for 778 receiving yards with five touchdowns
• Rushed 25 times for 308 yards (12.3 per carry), three TDs
• Became the second Vol to have a kickoff and punt return for touchdown in the same season, joining Bobby Gordon, who did it in 1957
• Became fourth Vol to have a kickoff and punt return in a career, joining Gordon, Stanley Morgan and Willie Gault
• Second Vol all-time to have touchdowns four ways in a career, joining Carl Pickens (1991-93), Patterson did it all in one season
• Became fifth Vol with a return touchdown and a TD by rushing or receiving with a 98-yard kickoff return score and an 11-yard touchdown catch at #19 Miss State (10/13); last was Carl Pickens in 1990
• Closed 2012 with 158 all-purpose yards with four catches for 88 yards including a 21-yard touchdown pass vs. Kentucky (11/24), also ran twice for 38 yards

Someone to look at!