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Packers TE Robert Tonyan entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Lions in 2017… Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is from Mount Pleasant, Michigan and played quarterback at Saginaw Valley State (2000-02). LaFleur later became an offensive assistant at his alma mater (2003) and then a graduate assistant at Central Michigan (2004-05) and running backs/wide receivers coach at Northern Michigan (2006) … So did Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry. role with the Lions for two seasons (2007-08) … Barry also played at Michigan from 1989-90 … Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich played at Michigan (2002-05) and was later a strength and conditioning intern (2011) and graduated. Wolverines assistant (2012-13)…Packers LB Rashan Gary (2016-18) and G Jon Runyan (2016-19) both played at University of Michigan…Packers LB Eric Wilson attended Lee M. Thurston High School in Redford, Mich. …Lions RB Jamaal Williams spent the first four seasons of his career in Green Bay (2017-2020)…Lions senior personnel director John Dorsey spent 21 years as the Packers’ GM (1991-98, 2000-12) and played 76 games for the Packers from 1984-1988… LaFleur and Barry were with th e Rams when Lions QB Jared Goff, WR Josh Reynolds and DE Michael Brockers were on the roster and when Lions GM Brad Holmes was the Rams’ director of college scouting… The Packers drafted Lions quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell in the fifth round. of the 1993 NFL Draft and spent the first two seasons (1993-94) of his career with Green Bay … Packers personnel director Darryl Franklin spent three years as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan University and served as a player intern with the Lions. 2008…Packers defensive line/running game coordinator Jerry Montgomery served in the same role at Michigan from 2011-12…Green Bay linebackers coach Ben Sirmans coached two seasons (2005-06) at Michigan State…Packers safeties coach Ryan Downard played at Michigan from 2007-10 at Eastern Michigan…Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn coached with Downard in Cleveland in 2014-15 and played with Packers TE Marcedes Lewis in Jacksonville in 2007…Lions head tackle ex-manager Tim O’Neil spent six seasons as a tackle assistant in Green Bay (1995 -2000)… Former college teammates include: Packers C/G Josh Myers and Lions CB Jeff Okudah (Ohio State), Packers CB Shemar Jean-Charles and Lions DL Demetrius Taylor (Appalachian State); Packers RB AJ Dillion, LB Isaiah McDuffie and Lions CB Will Harris (Boston College); Packers WR Amari Rodgers and Lions DL Austin Bryant (Clemson); Packers CB Eric Stokes, LB Quay Walker, DL Devonte Wyatt and Lions RB D’Andre Swift (Georgia); Packers S Darnell Savage and Lions LB Josh Woods (Maryland); Packers G Jon Runyan and Lions DL Aidan Hutchinson (Michigan); Packers G/T Royce Newman and Lions DL Benito Jones (Mississippi); Packers DL Dean Lowry and Lions RB Justin Jackson (Northwest).
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