The Green Bay Packers are welcoming back featured alumni Will Blackmon and Marco Rivera for the Packers-Cowboys game on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Leading up to the game, fans are invited to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame where the featured alumni will be interacting with fans for a Q&A session followed by fan photo opportunities from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 17. Please note that a Hall of Fame admission ticket is required to attend.
On gameday Blackmon will be visiting with fans at surprise locations around Lambeau Field from 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Rivera will be visiting with fans during that same time in the Legends Club on the Associated Bank Club Level, an area accessible to game attendees with suite or club seat tickets.
Additional Packers alumni will also be part of the gameday festivities on Sunday. Johnny Jolly will sign autographs and greet fans at the Chevrolet display on the Fan Walkway, near the Johnsonville Tailgate Village, from 4:20 to 6:20 p.m.
Charlie Peprah and John Michels will be at Titletown for Titletown Gameday Live presented by American Family Insurance before the game. They'll participate in a Q&A session and interact with fans from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Will Blackmon was selected in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft out of Boston College and spent four seasons as a cornerback and return specialist for the Packers, notably becoming just the fourth player in NFL history to record a punt-return touchdown and a fumble-return touchdown in the same game as the Packers clinched the NFC North with a win over Oakland, Dec. 9, 2007. Over his 35 regular-season appearances, Blackmon returned 66 kicks for 1,393 yards and 96 punt returns for 515 yards, including three punt-return touchdowns.
Marco Rivera was selected by the Packers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft out of Penn State and spent nine seasons with the team. He appeared in 125 games with 111 starts, including his final 99 consecutively. He started seven consecutive seasons at guard, which is the second-most starts for a guard in team history. He was a dependable contributor to the Super Bowl XXXI championship team and between 2002 and 2004, he was selected to three Pro Bowls. Rivera was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 2011.
