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Former Alabama prep receiver signs his first NFL contract with Packers

Former Park Crossing High School standout Grant DuBose didn’t expect to be picked in this year’s NFL Draft – and he almost wasn’t.

But on Monday, the Green Bay Packers announced the wide receiver had signed his first NFL contract after the team selected him in the seventh round on April 29.

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When the Packers picked DuBose, only three choices remained in the draft.