Marcedes Lewis is from Long Beach, Calif., went to UCLA and continues to live there during the NFL off-season.
His football home for the past four seasons has been Green Bay.
But said he has fond memories of the 12 seasons he spent in Jacksonville as an under-appreciated tight end, typecast as a blocker but surfacing at unexpected moments as a red-zone weapon or downfield.
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"It was a different part of my life," said the 37-year-old Lewis, who will play in Jacksonville for the first time since 2017 when the Packers play New Orleans on Sunday at 4:25 p.