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Aaron Wilson is reporting that the Green Bay Packers brought in three running backs for workouts on Monday: Micah Bernard, Tyrion Davis-Price and Kylin James. At the moment, it doesn’t appear that the Packers have signed any member of that trio. Oftentimes, though, workouts are a sign that a player is on the team’s radar and will be added to the roster in the near future.
Among these players, the biggest name is Davis-Price, who was a third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers back in 2022. As a true freshman, Davis Price was the number two back behind first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire on LSU’s national championship team. Following Edwards-Helaire’s declaration to go pro, Davis-Price spent the next two seasons as the Tigers’ primary running back.
The running back never really stuck with the 49ers, though, in part because San Francisco traded for Christian McCaffrey was traded to the 49ers in October of Davis-Price’s rookie season. Ultimately, he only played seven games for San Francisco before being waived, going unclaimed, and being re-added to the 49ers’ practice squad.
In 2024, he chose to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles instead of sticking around with San Francisco. He was cut by the Eagles near cutdowns but was brought back to the team as a practice squad player. In Week 17, he was promoted to the gameday roster, his only regular-season action since October of 2023.
After the first wave of undrafted free agency, when Philadelphia added two rookie running backs to compete with A.J. Dillon and Will Shipley behind Saquon Barkley, Davis-Price was waived by the Eagles. He was added to the Tennessee Titans’ offseason roster in early June, but was waived by the team three weeks ago.
Since Davis-Price’s recent release, he’s also had workouts with the New York Jets and Chicago Bears.
Bernard is an undrafted rookie who also spent time with the Titans this offseason. He was actually cut from Tennessee to make room for the addition of Davis-Price on the second of June.
He played six years at Utah, only taking over the starting role in his final year in college. In 2024, he posted 197 carries for 1,009 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Notably, he recorded 99 receptions at the college level, turning those opportunities into 770 yards and five scores.
After Bernard’s release in Tennessee, he worked out with the Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts and now the Packers.
James is a former all-state basketball player from Arkansas who spent three seasons at Central Arkansas, an FCS school, before transferring to UNLV for his final season of college football. He had a high yards per carry with the Rebels, going for 7.3 yards a pop over 89 carries in 2024. At 225 pounds with a 4.45-second 40-yard dash, it’s not a surprise that he was explosive.
As far as I can tell, James has never had an opportunity in the NFL, aside from workouts with the Seahawks and Colts. In all three of James’...
