South Shore native and 2017 Watertown High School graduate Spencer Waege is getting the chance to keep chasing his National Football League dream closer to home.
The Green Bay Packers claimed the defensive lineman off waivers on Thursday, according to an ESPN report. Waege was released on Monday by the San Francisco 49ers.
The 6-foot-5, 295-pound Waege signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of North Dakota State following the 2023 NFL draft. He was on the 49ers' 90-man roster for most of training camp and played 54 snaps in the preseason, batting down one bass and assisting on a tackle.