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<blockquote data-quote="News Bot" data-source="post: 244672" data-attributes="member: 1585"><p>It's not all that unusual for a new draft pick to walk into an NFL locker room and find an old teammate in his midst.</p><p></p><p>But on a fairly young team like the Packers, the odds are a little greater, and strangely enough this year no less than half of the 2009 draft picks - four of the eight - have former college teammates on Green Bay's current roster.</p><p></p><p>First-round pick B.J. Raji and 2006 draftee Will Blackmon played two years together, 2004 and 2005, at Boston College. Fifth-round pick Quinn Johnson was in the same LSU backfield as quarterback Matt Flynn during the Tigers' 2007 national championship season. Sixth-rounder Jarius Wynn played the 2007 season at Georgia with non-drafted free agent running back Kregg Lumpkin. And seventh-round pick Brad Jones played two seasons (2005-06) at Colorado with kicker Mason Crosby.</p><p></p><p>It's all coincidental, and the veteran players certainly aren't doing any lobbying to bring their former teammates here. But they do take some p..</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2009/04/29/1/" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="News Bot, post: 244672, member: 1585"] It's not all that unusual for a new draft pick to walk into an NFL locker room and find an old teammate in his midst. But on a fairly young team like the Packers, the odds are a little greater, and strangely enough this year no less than half of the 2009 draft picks - four of the eight - have former college teammates on Green Bay's current roster. First-round pick B.J. Raji and 2006 draftee Will Blackmon played two years together, 2004 and 2005, at Boston College. Fifth-round pick Quinn Johnson was in the same LSU backfield as quarterback Matt Flynn during the Tigers' 2007 national championship season. Sixth-rounder Jarius Wynn played the 2007 season at Georgia with non-drafted free agent running back Kregg Lumpkin. And seventh-round pick Brad Jones played two seasons (2005-06) at Colorado with kicker Mason Crosby. It's all coincidental, and the veteran players certainly aren't doing any lobbying to bring their former teammates here. But they do take some p.. [url=http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2009/04/29/1/]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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