Packers Sign Six-Touchdown Wide Receiver as Training Camp Opens

The Packers have spent much of the offseason aiming to revamp and bolster the receiving corps around quarterback Jordan Love.

After drafting Matthew Golden in the first round and Savion Williams in the third round of this spring’s NFL Draft, Sheppard arrives pushing for a roster spot and quality snaps at a crowded depth chart that could look significantly different in September than it did in early January.

Last season in Colorado, Sheppard broke through, catching 48 passes for 621 yards and six touchdowns.

“Sheppard has good size and average speed,” NFL Media’s Lance Zierlein wrote of Sheppard, prior to the NFL Draft. “However, he will run routes below his optimal play speed and leaves too many routes unfinished. His ball skills are much better down the field than underneath and he toggles between a spectacular catch and a frustrating lack of catch finishing. He sees a high number of routes contested but lacks the feistiness to win those battles at a high enough rate.”

Suddenly, after Sheppard’s arrival, players such as Dontayvion Wicks and Mecole Hardman may struggle just to make the roster.