The Packers are making another tweak to the receiver room, moving on from Brenden Rice and bringing in Kaden Prather in a corresponding roster move, according to Pete Dougherty.
Green Bay had placed Rice on the Non-Football Injury list earlier this week, and now the team is cutting him from that spot. Rice, 24, arrived in Green Bay after a busy, stop-and-start run around the league that began when the Chargers took him in the seventh round of the 2024 draft. He signed a four-year, $4.1 million deal with Los Angeles, but the Chargers waived him after the preseason.
From there, Rice bounced through a string of practice squads. He landed with New England in November, was released a week later, then spent time with Seattle’s practice squad before getting cut loose again.
The Raiders added him to their practice squad in December and waived him in May. Green Bay claimed him off waivers shortly after that.
Rice appeared in three games for the Chargers in 2024 but did not record a stat. At Colorado and USC, he put together a four-year college career that included 111 catches for 1,821 yards and 21 touchdowns in 43 games.
Prather, meanwhile, comes in at 23 after a college path that started at West Virginia and finished at Maryland. He was a three-year starter and spent four seasons in all, playing 48 games and finishing with 162 receptions for 1,966 yards and 12 touchdowns.
The Bills drafted Prather in the seventh round in 2025, but he was waived with an injury settlement before the season began. He later joined the Louisville Kings of the UFL.
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