GREEN BAY – Thus far in his brief NFL career, receiver Jared Abbrederis is best known as the local Wisconsin kid who made the in-state fans proud by stepping up big in the playoffs for the Packers last season.
In that context, it’s easy to forget that Abbrederis, now in his third season in Green Bay, has yet to make the 53-man roster out of training camp.
He’s on the verge of doing that for the first time this week, and while he’s not counting his chickens before they hatch, he knows he’s put together a solid body of work heading into Thursday’s preseason finale in Kansas City.
“I feel like I’ve had a good camp,” he said. “There’s probably one day that I’d like to have back, thinking back to all the practices. But I think it’s been a productive camp for me.
“I’d like to have a couple more big plays here and there, but you just have to take what they give you and do your best being consistent.”
His biggest play came last Friday night in San Francisco, when he hauled in an 18-yard TD pass cutting across the field toward the pylon. It doesn’t technically count, but it was his first professional touchdown, though not his first time in the end zone, as he caught a two-point pass from Aaron Rodgers in the wild-card playoff at Washington last January.
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