The Green Bay Packers have signed P Daniel Whelan (WEE-lan) to a contract extension. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Thursday.
Whelan, who was signed by the Packers in May 2023, has played in 34 regular-season games and three postseason contests for Green Bay over the past two seasons. He has registered two of the top three single-season averages for punting in franchise history, posting a 46.2-yard average in 2023 (No. 2) and a 46.1-yard mark in 2024 (No. 3). Among players with 100-plus punts, Whelan has posted the top career punting average (46.2) and the top net punting average (40.0) in team history. In 2024, he became the first punter in team history to average 46-plus yards per punt and 40-plus net yards per punt in a single season.
Whelan, a native of Ireland, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints in May 2022 before being released by the Saints in late July that year. He played for the D.C. Defenders in 2023, earning All-XFL honors after ranking No. 3 in the league in both punting average (45.6) and punts inside the 20 (11). Whelan finished his career at University of California, Davis (2017-21) ranked No. 1 in school history in punting average (44.0) and punts inside the 20 (86).
