The former UMass running back starts Green Bay minicamp Thursday
As the final rounds of the 2023 NFL Draft passed, former Massachusetts football running back Ellis Merriweather didn’t receive a phone call from any general manager. The Alpharetta, Georgia native waited until Monday before he got a phone call from the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, who invited him to their rookie minicamps.
The Packers weren’t first, second or even on the list of teams Merriweather expected to be hearing from. Merriweather said he “didn’t even talk to” the Packers during the entire draft process.