Packers Release Amari Rodgers, Kylin Hill

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers have given up on two promising members of their 2021 draft class, with the team releasing third-round receiver Amari Rodgers and seventh-round running back Kylin Hill on Tuesday.

Rodgers was billed as a “complete football player” after the draft but he made zero impact in about 1 2/3 seasons. He started only one game on offense – last year’s game at Arizona when Davante Adams, Allen Lazard and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were out – and finished his abbreviated time in Green Bay with almost as many fumbles (seven) as receptions (eight).

Rodgers, who was benched after fumbling a punt vs. Dallas, has more fumbles than every other receiver, running back or…