The road to the NFL hasn't been easy for Packers linebacker Krys Barnes. The former UCLA star overcame long odds to not only earn a roster spot with the Packers but a starting job in his rookie year. This season, Barnes will face some different challenges in his NFL journey but don't bet against him being equal to the task.
Barnes went undrafted after his senior year at UCLA. While he was always a productive player and a leader in college, he had average size and didn't exactly excel when it came to pre-draft testing.
"He had played good football in college, [but] he did not test particularly well, and sometimes that's what happens," Packers GM Brain Gutekunst said of Barnes last preseason.