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Packers announce roster changes | Aug 27, 2024
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Packers announce roster changes | Aug 27, 2024

The Green Bay Packers have released the following players:

The team has traded for Tennessee Titans QB Malik Willis (pending medical) in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round draft pick, placed TE Tyler Davis and RB AJ Dillon on the injured list, placed DL Jonathan Ford on the injured/designated return list, and released CB/injured CB LJ Davis and LB Ralen GoforthThe transactions were announced Tuesday by Chief Executive Officer Brian Gutekunst.

Willis (6-1, 225), a third-year player out of Liberty University, was originally selected by the Titans in the third round (No. 86 overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft. He has played in 11 regular-season games with three starts for Tennessee. In his final season at Liberty in 2021, Willis completed 207-of-339 passes (61.1 percent) for 2,862 yards and 27 touchdowns, along with 197 rushing attempts for 878 yards (4.5 avg.) and 13 TDs. He was named the winner of the 2021 Bobby Bowden Trophy, which is presented annually to “a college football player who embodies a student-athlete of faith and conducts himself as an exemplary model in the classroom, on the field, on campus and in the community.” Willis played two seasons at Liberty after spending his first two college seasons at Auburn. In four total collegiate seasons, he appeared in 38 games with 23 starts, completing 388-of-618 passes (62.8 avg.) for 5,191 yards and 48 TDs with 18 interceptions. Willis also rushed for 2,131 yards and 29 TDs on 366 career rushing attempts (5.8 avg.). His 74 total passing and rushing TDs in 2020-21 ranked No. 1 among all FBS players.