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Packers' Campbell chief among '21 breakout defensive stars

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling stood together on the sideline last month at Cincinnati admiring the work of De'Vondre Campbell.

The Packers' new inside linebacker had nine tackles, broke up a pass and snared another that day, helping Green Bay edge the Bengals.

“We just said, ‘How in the hell was this guy on the street?’” Rodgers recounted. “It’s a great pickup by our personnel folks. He can run, he’s a great tackler, he’s around the ball all the time, he’s a great locker room guy. I mean, it’s baffling to me.