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The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of first-round cornerback Damarious Randall on Tuesday, the last unsigned rookie from last month's draft class.
Contract details were not immediately available for Randall, who played safety for two seasons at Arizona State but is transitioning to cornerback with the Packers. Since returning from an ankle injury that forced him to miss rookie orientation, the 30th overall pick from this year's draft has impressed coaches.
Randall is one of three young cornerbacks distinguishing themselves in the competition behind starters Sam Shields and Casey Hayward, cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. said Tuesday.
With a foot injury keeping Hayward out of practice during the Packers' opening day of minicamp Tuesday, Randall got the first crack of first-team cornerback reps opposite Shields. He's in the mix with second-round cornerback Quinten Rollins and undrafted rookie LaDarius Gunter, both of whom also got first-team reps.
"That group in particular," Whitt said, "has sort of separated themselves from the group of eight young guys. Now, one of those three got to separate themselves from those three guys, which who that'll be, I don't know. They all have talent.
"D (Randall) is probably the most talented of those three, but Q has great instincts. He's probably the most instinctual, and Gunt probably has the most technique right now, but they all have a long ways to go."
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-- rwood@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @ByRyanWood
The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of first-round cornerback Damarious Randall on Tuesday, the last unsigned rookie from last month's draft class.
Contract details were not immediately available for Randall, who played safety for two seasons at Arizona State but is transitioning to cornerback with the Packers. Since returning from an ankle injury that forced him to miss rookie orientation, the 30th overall pick from this year's draft has impressed coaches.
Randall is one of three young cornerbacks distinguishing themselves in the competition behind starters Sam Shields and Casey Hayward, cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. said Tuesday.
With a foot injury keeping Hayward out of practice during the Packers' opening day of minicamp Tuesday, Randall got the first crack of first-team cornerback reps opposite Shields. He's in the mix with second-round cornerback Quinten Rollins and undrafted rookie LaDarius Gunter, both of whom also got first-team reps.
"That group in particular," Whitt said, "has sort of separated themselves from the group of eight young guys. Now, one of those three got to separate themselves from those three guys, which who that'll be, I don't know. They all have talent.
"D (Randall) is probably the most talented of those three, but Q has great instincts. He's probably the most instinctual, and Gunt probably has the most technique right now, but they all have a long ways to go."
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-- rwood@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @ByRyanWood
