The Green Bay Packers have signed DL Javon Hargrave. The transaction was announced Friday by General Manager Brian Gutekunst.
Hargrave (JAY-von, 6-2, 307), an 11th-year player out of South Carolina State, was selected in the third round (No. 89 overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Steelers. He went on to play four seasons with Pittsburgh (2016-19), three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (2020-22), two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers (2023-24) and one season with the Minnesota Vikings (2025). Hargrave has appeared in 146 games with 130 starts during his career and has registered 432 tackles (233 solo), 49 sacks, 59 tackles for a loss, 84 QB hits, five forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and eight passes defensed. He has also started all 11 postseason contests that he has played in, including two Super Bowls (LVII, LVIII), and has posted 32 tackles (15 solo), four sacks, six tackles for a loss, five QB hits, a fumble recovery and a pass defensed.
Hargrave has been selected to two Pro Bowls during his career (2021 with the Eagles, 2023 with the 49ers). In 2022 with Philadelphia, he recorded career highs for sacks (11), tackles for a loss (10) and fumble recoveries (two). Among interior linemen (per TruMedia), Hargrave ranked tied for No. 2 in the NFL from 2021-23 in sacks (25½) and No. 1 in Next Gen Stat QB pressures (168). He was the only interior lineman and one of only seven players in the NFL to register 50-plus QB pressures each season from 2021 to 2023. Hargrave has played in 15-plus games in nine of his 10 seasons in the league, tied for the most in the NFL (Leonard Williams) among interior linemen (per TruMedia) since 2016. He will wear No. 98 for the Packers.
