The Green Bay Packers elevated outside linebacker La’Darius Hamilton from the practice squad to the gameday roster for Week 11. The move was announced Thursday, making Hamilton available for Matt LaFleur and the Packers for Thursday night’s showdown with the Tennessee Titans.
This will be the third and final practice squad elevation for Hamilton.
The Packers previously elevated Hamilton for games against the Buffalo Bills in Week 8 and Dallas Cowboys in Week 10.
Overall, Hamilton has played 19 snaps on defense and 21 on special teams this season.
The Packers need the depth at outside linebacker behind Preston Smith, Jonathan Garvin and JJ Enagbare. Rashan Gary is on injured reserve, and Tipa Galeai hasn’t been activated to the 53-man roster.
Unlike last week, the Packers did not elevate kicker Ramiz Ahmed, suggesting Mason Crosby is back to full health after dealing with a short-term back injury. Ahmed handled kickoffs last week against the Cowboys.
The Packers also didn’t need to elevate a wide receiver from the practice squad after activating veteran Randall Cobb from injured reserve on Thursday. The team didn’t bring up Dede Westbrook, who was signed to the practice squad on Tuesday, so Keisean Nixon is expected to be the punt returner in place of Amari Rodgers.
All teams are allowed to elevate up to two players from the practice squad each week. An individual player can only be elevated from the practice squad three times per season, so Hamilton has no more elevations available this season. On Friday, Hamilton will revert back to the practice squad.
Elevations by week
Week 1: WR Juwann Winfree, S Micah Abernathy
Week 2: RB Patrick Taylor
Week 3: WR Juwann Winfree
Week 4: CB Kiondre Thomas
Week 5: None
Week 6: WR Juwann Winfree
Week 7: OLB La’Darius Hamilton
Week 8: S Innis Gaines, OLB Kobe Jones
Week 9: None
Week 10: OLB La’Darius Hamilton, K Ramiz Ahmed
