Center · Green Bay Packers

Jager Burton

No. 52 · Rookie

A rookie getting first-team reps in the spring says plenty

Minicamp is where coaching staffs start showing their hand. Who lines up with the starters, who watches from the side — those decisions don't make the highlights, but the players notice every one of them.

Jager Burton came into Green Bay as a rookie with something to prove. This spring, the Packers gave him a look with the first team during their mandatory sessions — and he made the most of it. That kind of trust isn't handed out as a courtesy to new faces.

For a rookie, getting that work early means the coaches see something worth developing now, not later. It puts Burton in conversations he wasn't guaranteed to be part of yet.

The regular season is still a long way off. But the path from "guy we drafted" to "guy we're counting on" has to start somewhere, and for Burton, it's starting here.

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