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The Green Bay Packers announced on Monday that they have made a pair of roster moves, in part because of safety Omar Brown’s lung injury that left him in the hands of Indianapolis doctors for several days. With Brown, Xavier McKinney and Zayne Anderson injured at safety, the Packers added 2024 fifth-round pick safety Jaylin Simpson to their roster today.
Simpson, who ran a 4.45-second 40-yard dash in the pre-draft process, was a first-team All-SEC in his final year of college at Auburn. Originally picked by the Indianapolis Colts, he was moved from his natural position of safety to cornerback during his rookie offseason. He was waived by the team near roster cutdowns and re-signed with the Colts’ practice squad shortly after.
In December of 2024, Simpson was poached by the New York Jets to their 53-man roster. He was waived by the Jets on August 2nd with an injury designation, a week before the New York-Green Bay preseason matchup. Simpson was released from the injured reserve with an injury settlement on August 6th. Since then, he’s had workouts with the Houston Texans (August 11th), Baltimore Ravens (12th) and Packers (13th).
Simpson now joins Evan Williams, Javon Bullard, Kitan Oladapo and Johnathan Baldwin as the team’s healthy safeties.
Beyond the addition of Simpson, the Packers also signed defensive tackle Devonte O’Malley, whom Green Bay originally worked out on August 6th. O’Malley is an explosive but undersized defensive tackle from Northern Illinois who gives the Packers a change-up from their usual reserve defensive tackles in Nazir Stackhouse and Warren Brinson, who are nose tackles.
In corresponding roster moves, the Packers have released cornerback Garnett Hollis Jr. and waived defensive tackle Keith Randolph with an injury designation. Randolph will revert to Green Bay’s injured reserve if he clears waivers. From there, he will likely receive an injury settlement from the team.
