Meanwhile, Eberle had been added to the Packers’ specialist room back on February 22 as a third kicker to compete alongside Crosby and fellow back JJ Molson, who spent the majority of the 2021 season as a member of the team’s practice squad. He was one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award and also received All-Big 12 second-team honors. During his final season with the Sooners, he made 20 of his 26 field-goal attempts (79.6%) and was one of the nation’s most prolific long-distance kickers, making five of his seven tries from beyond 50 yards with two of his successes coming from at least 56 yards away. The Green Bay Packers are making another change in their kicking room as they continue to look for talent to push veteran Mason Crosby into training camp.Īccording to the NFL’s official transaction wire for Monday, June 13, the Packers have claimed rookie Gabe Brkic off the waiver wire from the Minnesota Vikings and waived one of their backup kickers, Dominik Eberle, from the 90-man roster to make room.īrkic had originally signed with the Vikings as an undrafted rookie following his four-year collegiate career at Oklahoma.
Oklahoma won 16-13 on a Brkic field goal. Kicker Gabe Brkic # 47 of the Oklahoma Sooners smiles after his second of three touchdowns against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the fourth quarter at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Septemin Norman, Oklahoma.
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