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The Green Bay Packers have signed 13 players to free-agent contracts, GM/Head Coach Mike Sherman announced Monday.
The additions include six who have been members of the team's practice squad over the past two seasons, among them tackle Jason Jimenez of Southern Mississippi, 6-7 and 310 pounds; tight end Tony Donald of Western, Colo., State, 6-3 and 245; cornerback Calvin Carlyle of Oregon State, 5-11 and 184; wide receivers Wilson Thomas of Nebraska, 6-5 and 207, and Corey Parchman of Ball State, 6-0 and 185; and defensive end Eric Powell of Florida State, 6-3 and 268 pounds.
The other signees include defensive ends John Hilliard, a fourth-year professional out of Mississippi State and a former Seattle Seahawk, 6-3 and 287, and Cullen Jenkins of Central Michigan University, 6-3 and 292; fullback Kris Briggs of Southern Methodist, 5-11 and 234; guard James Broyles of Southwest Missouri, 6-4 and 303; cornerback Jason Horton of North Carolina A&T, 6-0 and 183; linebacker Ralph Turner of Purdue, 6-1 and 213; and running back Walter Williams of Grambling State, 6-0 and 206.
The 27-year-old Hilliard played in 27 games for Seattle over the 2000-02 seasons, with 11 starts, posting 34 tackles, 24 of them unassisted.
Broyles spent the majority of the 2002 season on the St. Louis practice squad, before being signed to the active roster Dec. 6; he did not play in subsequent three contests and was inactive for the season finale vs. San Francisco (Dec. 30). He was waived the following summer in the Rams' final reduction for the '03 season and had been out of football since.
Sherman also confirmed the signing of punter Travis Dorsch of Purdue. The 6-6, 221-pound Dorsch, signed to the active roster Jan. 10 when linebacker Marcus Wilkins was placed on injured reserve, also is a kickoff specialist.
A fourth-round draft selection of the Cincinnati Bengals in 2002, he punted in one regular season game - against Carolina - and averaged 32.4 yards for 5 punts. Waived by the Bengals Sept. 1 in their final roster reduction for the '03 season, Dorsch was out of football until being signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad Dec. 10; he was released Dec. 15.