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posted 01/22/99
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| Rob Davis |
The Green Bay Packers have re-signed long snapper Rob Davis, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ron Wolf announced today.
Wolf also announced the signing of five free agents, among them two members of the team's 1998 practice squad, cornerbacks Rodney Artmore and Denorse Mosley.
The other recent signees include offensive tackle Antone Davis, a former first-round draft selection, tight end Roderick Lewis and outside linebacker Daryl Carter, a former University of Wisconsin-Madison athlete.
Rob Davis, a fourth-year pro, overcame a lower back problem to serve as an effective long snapper for punts and field goals throughout the 1998 season. The 6-foot-3, 290-pound Shippensburg alumnus underwent surgery July 1 and, after missing the first three weeks of training camp and the first two preseason games, returned to play in all 16 regular-season games for the second time in his NFL career.
Antone Davis, 6-5 and 320 pounds, was a first-round selection of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1991, the ninth player chosen. A five-year starter for Philadelphia, he was granted unconditional free agency February 16, 1996, and subsequently signed with the Atlanta Falcons May 9, 1996. After starting 10 games in 1996 and three in 1997, he was released February 13, 1998 and out of football last season.
Overall, the 31-year-old University of Tennessee product, named to The Sporting News All-America first team following his senior season with the Volunteers, has played in 97 games, with 87 starts.
The 6-5, 265-pound Lewis, a fifth-round draft selection by the Oilers in 1994, started 18 games over a four-year span (1994-97), catching 28 passes for 221 yards and a 7.9-yard average. Granted unconditional free agency February 13, 1998, he later signed with the San Diego Chargers June 10, 1998. Placed on waivers in training camp, he was out of football during the 1998 regular season.
Carter, a graduate of Milwaukee Washington High School, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago Bears in 1997 and played in one regular-season game, the team's season finale against Tampa Bay, after spending the first 15 games of his rookie year on the Bears' practice squad. He had been waived on the roster cutdown to 60 and re-signed for the practice squad on August 26. Waived a second time September 4, he was re-signed to the practice squad September 30.
As a collegian at the University of Wisconsin, the 6-2, 240-pound Carter registered 178 tackles, 89 of them solo, during a four-year varsity career.
The 6-foot, 208-pound Artmore, previously had been signed to the Packers' practice squad December 31, 1998. An undrafted free agent, he had been a starting cornerback for Baylor's Bears in 1996, posting 91 tackles - 61 of them solo - and one interception. Prior to transferring to Baylor, Artmore earned Junior College All-America honors at Garden City (Kan.) Junior College.
Mosley, a 6-foot, 185-pound Edinboro (Pa.) University product, had been a member of the Packers' practice squad since November 25. Originally signed to the Miami Dolphins' practice squad August 29, 1997 after not being in training camp, he spent the first 14 weeks of the regular season on the practice squad before being activated to the club's 53-man roster December 9. He subsequently was inactive for the Dolphins' last two regular-season games and their first-round playoff contest at New England.
As a collegian, Mosley played his first three years of football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he lettered from 1993 through 1995 and recorded six interceptions, all in 1994 when he started 11 games at cornerback. Two of his interceptions came in a 17-12 loss to the University of Miami in the Orange Bowl. He later transferred to Edinboro, where he played his final collegiate season in 1996.
Elsewhere on the Packers scene, Head Coach Ray Rhodes has named Matt Klein, a 22-year-old Clintonville, Wis., native, as administrative assistant/football.
In his role, Klein will be responsible for assisting the head coach with administrative duties, handling details, setting up practice, mini-camp and training camp schedules and coordinating player travel to camps and offseason workouts, among other duties.
Klein joins the Packers organization after spending five years as a student manager of the University of Wisconsin-Madison football team, a tenure climaxed for him by the Badgers' victory over UCLA in the recent Rose Bowl. He is a graduate of Clintonville High School, where he earned six varsity letters - three each in football and golf.