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Why Mike McCarthy likened Dallas Cowboys rookie Hunter Leupke to this former Packers FB

When the Dallas Cowboys signed Hunter Leupke as an undrafted rookie out of North Dakota State and gave him $200,000 in guaranteed money you knew they had a vision and plan for the player.

Now that Leupke has lived up to expectations and made the roster as one of the backups to starter Tony Pollard, along with Rico Dowdle and Deuce Vaughn, the vision to has been revealed.

Picture former Green Bay Packers fullback John Kuhn, who played under then-Packers coach Mike McCarthy from 2007 to 2015.

Like Leupke, Kuhn starred in college at as small school (Shippensburg) and arrived in the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers.