GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers signed veteran linebacker Eric Wilson off the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old linebacker brings a bunch of experience. An undrafted free agent out of Cincinnati who signed with the Minnesota Vikings after the 2017 draft, Wilson played in 78 of a possible 81 games from 2017 through 2021. Wilson started 25 games for the Vikings in 2018 through 2020. During that final season with Minnesota, he set career highs with 122 tackles, eight tackles for losses, three interceptions and eight passes defensed.
“I know I am talented and gifted and good enough to be an every-down starter and to play in this league and compete against everybody, and I have fun doing that,” Wilson said in 2020.