GREEN BAY — Michigan and Minnesota didn’t play each other during the past two years, so Jon Runyan Jr. had to go all the way back to 2017 in his Big Ten football memory bank to remember the last time he’d been on the same field as Kamal Martin.
And unfortunately, the Green Bay Packers rookie guard came up empty trying to recall Martin, his draft classmate and now teammate.
“Yeah, back in 2017, playing Minnesota,” Runyan said Tuesday afternoon, “I don’t necessarily remember Kamal.”
But make no mistake: Now, Runyan knows all about Martin, an inside linebacker and fifth-round pick, and what he can do — as well as how difficult he has been to block so far during Packers training camp.