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Ty Summers aiming for a starting linebacker spot in Green Bay

After spending his rookie year exclusively on special teams, Packers linebacker Ty Summers is looking for a place at the table on the starting defense this year.

Summers led the Packers last year with 311 snaps on special teams, but he never got on the field on defense. This year he wants to prove he can be a contributor as a linebacker.

“Of course my goal is to go and be the starter — that’s anyone’s goal at this position,” Summers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I’m going to go out there and compete, give it all I got and ultimately the coaches decide.