Packers Sign Former Draft Pick After Rookie Camp

The Green Bay Packers have signed guard Lecitus Smith after a successful tryout at the team’s rookie camp on Friday and Saturday, Packer Central has learned.

Smith was a sixth-round pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2022. He started two games as a rookie but failed to make their roster in 2023.

"Just looking back at tape and even just thinking back to how the season went for me, I feel like it went well. I feel like when I was called upon to go out there and play well, I feel like for the most part, I definitely did that," Smith said after his rookie season.

"I showed up and did what I had to do and I did my job. I'm not gonna say every single down and every single snap [was great], I'd be completely biased if I said that. There were times where I got beat when my technique wasn't great and I almost got beat, and I let up a pressure. So those are all things I look at. I even look at the good too and see how I can be better or try to learn from it. I've definitely watched the tape and evaluated myself. I feel like it was a pretty good season personally for me."

Last season, he spent a week in November on Houston’s practice squad and the second half of the season on Philadelphia’s practice squad. He did not see any action.

The Packers drafted three offensive linemen last week but are short on experienced depth beyond guard Royce Newman and tackle Andre Dillard. Newman has struggled in his three seasons with the Packers and Dillard, a first-round pick by the Eagles, was released by the Titans after one rocky season in Tennessee.

The signing gives the Packers 16 offensive linemen on their roster, including first-round pick Jordan Morgan, fifth-round pick Jacob Monk and sixth-round pick Travis Glover.

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