The Green Bay Packers have a new kicker and International Player Pathway Program player. The team announced the signing of rookie kicker Mark McNamee, a native of Ireland who will replace Alex Hale -- who was released on Monday -- as the backup kicker and international player on the 91-player offseason roster on Tuesday.
The Packers start training camp on Wednesday and needed a backup kicker behind veteran Brandon McManus.
McNamee (6-4, 208) was previously a goalkeeper in Gaelic football in Dublin, Ireland. He got a chance to work at the NFL Scouting Combine as part of the International Player Pathway Program and made 13 of 14 field goal attempts.