GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers still hope rookie Cole Madison will play for them.
It just probably won’t be this season.
Madison, an offensive lineman from Washington State who was the first pick of the fifth round (No. 138 overall), remains on the did-not-report list, but for the first time since training camp opened, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and a representative for Madison offered an indication of where things stand.
“The plan is still to play,” Colin Roberts, one of Madison’s agents, told ESPN.com on Monday. “At this point, he’s still dealing with a personal thing like Brian said.