Packers release linebacker Jaylon Smith

Updated Nov. 2, 2021 2:12 p.m. ET

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have released Jaylon Smith less than a month after signing the former Dallas Cowboys linebacker.

Smith’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, confirmed Tuesday that the 26-year-old Smith has been released. ESPN first reported the move.

on Oct. 7, one day after the

He played a total of 27 defensive snaps in two games with the Packers.

The Packers left Smith inactive for their

Smith, a 2016 second-round pick,

The former Notre Dame star won the 2015 Butkus Award as college football’s top linebacker. He was considered a probable first-round pick before a severe knee injury in the Fiesta Bowl caused his draft stock to dip and forced him to miss the entire 2016 season.

Green Bay (7-1) visits the Kansas City Chiefs (4-4) on Sunday.

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