Just a few hours before the Green Bay Packers stepped on the practice field for a walkthrough on Friday, the Packers’ social media accounts celebrated outside linebacker Jonathan Garvin’s birthday. Within three hours, Garvin would be released from the squad.
Originally drafted as a seventh-round pick in 2020, Garvin — still only a 23-year-old — has played in 38 games for the Packers over the last three seasons, recording 673 defensive snaps. In 2022, Garvin played 23 percent of the total defensive snaps for the team.
Just yesterday, Garvin was practicing with the interior defensive linemen, a first during his career in Green Bay.