The Grean Bay Packers are adding depth at outside linebacker after losing Randy Ramsey to a significant injury.
According to the league’s transaction wire, the Packers claimed outside linebacker Chauncey Rivers off of waivers from the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.
Rivers, an undrafted free agent from Miss. State, will need to pass a physical before being added to the 90-man roster.
The Ravens waived Rivers (6-2, 262) on Wednesday.
Outside linebacker depth became a need for the Packers after Ramsey, a candidate to be the fourth edge rusher on the roster, went down this week with an ankle injury.
Rivers went undrafted in 2020. As a senior, he delivered eight tackles for losses and five sacks on his way to being named second-team All-SEC.
Rivers lacks both size and athleticism at edge rusher, creating a notably low RAS.
Chauncey Rivers is a DE prospect in the 2020 draft class out of Mississippi State.
He posted a very poor #RAS with poor size, very poor speed, poor explosiveness, poor agility at the DE position.https://t.co/PIe0RRY7D2 pic.twitter.com/mhilBUbiHH
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 9, 2020
