Packers Finally Acquire Arron Mosby

The Green Bay Packers made a couple roster moves on Wednesday, including claiming outside linebacker Arron Mosby off waivers from the Carolina Panthers.

Author:
Bill Huber
Publish date:
Aug 2, 2023 9:02 PM EDT

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers wanted to sign Arron Mosby as an undrafted free agent after the 2022 NFL Draft. Instead, Mosby signed a contract with the Carolina Panthers that included $95,000 in guarantees.

The Panthers released Mosby on Tuesday and the Packers claimed him on Wednesday. To make room on their 90-man roster, they released outside linebacker La’Darius Hamilton.

Mosby spent most of his rookie season on the practice squad but played in three games, with two snaps on defense and 33 on special teams. His lone tackle came on defense.

As a first-time starter for Fresno State in 2021, Mosby as a fifth-year senior was an honorable mention on the all-Mountain West Conference team. He had six sacks but it’s two other numbers that jump off the page: his FBS-leading and school-record six forced fumbles and his team-high 15.5 tackles for losses.

“There are Power-5 players and they didn’t get drafted, so you never know how the draft is going to work after the second round. It is what it is,” Mosby told The Sun after signing with Carolina.

“The biggest chip I’ve got on my shoulder right now is [going] undrafted,” Mosby said. “Just going in there and proving to people that I could’ve been a fifth-, sixth-, seventh-round pick. It’s never a bad thing. You just go with it and go from there.”

Arron Mosby (Photo by Cary Edmondson/USA Today Sports Images)

A defensive back in high school, he had a 95-yard pick-six in 2018.

“We had him on our draft board and we evaluated him a lot,” then-Panthers coach Matt Rhule said last year. “Thought maybe as an edge player, stand-up SAM who could maybe rush the passer. Then he got here and he was a former safety, so, in rookie minicamp, we noticed right away that he’s light on his feet, can play middle linebacker, as well.

“So, to me, he’s a guy that’s got a chance. We’re going to play him at linebacker, play him at SAM, play him on the ball, we’ll move him around. He’s got an urgency to him that you like and has a natural feel for football, a natural instinct for football and he's a worker. Mosby is a guy that really flashed in rookie minicamp and has continued to do so.”

At Fresno State’s pro day before the 2022 draft, he measured 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds with a 4.71 in the 40.

Hamilton joined the Packers in 2021 when Za’Darius Smith was injured. He played in six games in 2021 and three games in 2022. He had fallen to the third unit on defense during training camp.

It’s been a busy week of transactions for the Packers, who signed offensive lineman James Empey, offensive lineman Cole Schneider and receiver Andre Miller.