The Green Bay Packers have six undrafted rookies on their roster who signed after the 2024 NFL Draft. Given the Packers’ opulent UDFA history of not only making the team but ultimately becoming impact players, let’s get to know each of these signees.
Next up is Wisconsin long snapper Peter Bowden. If you missed the previous profiles, you can find them below:
OL Donovan Jennings
RB Jarveon Howard
DT James Ester
LB Ralen Goforth
Height: 6-2
Libra: 239
RA: 6.72
Refraction: Bowden was Dane Brugler’s No. 1 long snapper in this year’s draft class. He had 358 career snaps on special teams with the Badgers. Bowden was a semifinalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award in 2022 and a finalist in 2023. On paper, it looks like Bowden could compete with Matt Orzech for the Packers’ long-haul role. For what it’s worth, Orzech had the third-lowest special teams grade among PFF’s long snappers last season – although the Packers seem to like Orzech, especially his big-game experience as a Super Bowl champion with the Rams. Perhaps the Packers view Bowden as a long-term snapper option after the 2024 season if they can get him on the practice squad.
What NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein had to say: “Bowden has experience in this job, but he will need to develop more speed to cope with not only low snaps but also long snaps. He probably has a good chance of making an NFL roster.
Rich Bisaccia on Bowden: “We worked a lot on it. We like Peter and I think he did quite well. He has good height, is athletic, can move his legs. He’s working on his snap speed. But I think he will have a chance and will have a chance to compete and play in the league in the future.
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