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Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is from Mount Pleasant, Mich., and played quarterback at Western Michigan (1998-99) and Saginaw Valley State (2000-02)…LaFleur later became an offensive assistant at Saginaw Valley State (2003), a graduate assistant at Central Michigan (2004-05), and a quarterbacks/wide receivers coach at Northern Michigan (2006)…Packers LB Eric Wilson is from Redford, Mich., and attended Lee M. Thurston High School…Packers DL Karl Brooks is from Lansing, Mich., and attended Lansing Sexton High School…Packers LB Rashan Gary (2016-18) and G Jon Runyan (2016-19) played collegiate football at Michigan…Packers WR Jayden Reed began his collegiate career at Western Michigan (2018) and finished it at Michigan State (2020-22)…Packers defense coordinator Joe Barry held the same role with the Lions for two seasons (2007-08)…Barry also played at Michigan from 1989-90…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich played at Michigan (2002-05) and later was a strength and conditioning intern (2011) and a graduate assistant (2012-13) for the Wolverines…Packers senior analyst Tim Lester served as the head coach at Western Michigan for six seasons (2017-22)…Lester also played collegiately for the Broncos from 1996-99 and served as their quarterbacks coach from 2005-06…Packers pass rush specialist Jason Rebrovich was the defensive line/head of strength and conditioning for Ferris State (Big Rapids, Mich.) in 2005-06…Packers defensive line/running game coordinator Jerry Montgomery coached the defensive line at Michigan from 2011-12…Packers CB Corey Ballentine played for Detroit during the 2021 season…Packers chief of staff Darryl Franklin spent three years as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan University and was a player personnel intern with the Lions in 2008…Packers running backs coach Ben Sirmans coached at Michigan State for two seasons (2005-06)…Packers defensive backs coach Ryan Downard played collegiate football at Eastern Michigan (2007-10)…Packers passing game coordinator (defense) Greg Williams and Lions cornerbacks coach Dré Bly were college teammates at North Carolina…Lions quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft and spent the first two seasons of his career (1993-94) in Green Bay…Lions senior personnel executive John Dorsey spent 21 years as an executive with the Packers (1991-98, 2000-12) and also played in 76 games for the Packers from 1984-88…Lions senior offensive assistant Jim Hostler was Green Bay’s passing game coordinator in 2018…Lions head equipment manager Tim O’Neil spent six seasons as an equipment assistant in Green Bay (1995-2000)…LaFleur and Barry were with the Rams when Lions QB Jared Goff and WR Josh Reynolds were on the roster and when Lions executive V.P. and general manager Brad Holmes served as the Rams’ director of college scouting…Lions head coach Dan Campbell was the tight ends coach for the Dolphins when Packers assistant offensive line coach Ryan Mahaffey was a fullback for the team in 2012…Packers tight ends coach John Dunn was on the Bears’ staff in 2016-17 when Lions senior defensive assistant John Fox was the head coach of Chicago…Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and Sirmans coached on the same side of the ball at Boston College from 2009-11…Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn coached with Downard in Cleveland from 2014-15…Packers LB De’Vondre Campbell and Lions DL John Cominsky were teammates in Atlanta in 2019…Former college teammates include: Packers LB Lukas Van Ness, LB Kristian Welch, Lions LB Jack Campbell and TE Sam LaPorta (Iowa); Runyan, Gary, Lions DL Aidan Hutchinson and WR Donovan Peoples-Jones (Michigan); Packers CB Carrington Valentine and Lions DL Josh Paschal (Kentucky); Packers RB AJ Dillon, LB Isaiah McDuffie and Lions CB Will Harris (Boston College); Packers DL Devonte Wyatt and Lions CB Jerry Jacobs (Hutchinson [Kan.] Community College); Packers C/G Josh Myers, Lions G Jonah Jackson and WR Jameson Williams (Ohio State); Packers S Anthony Johnson Jr. and Lions RB David Montgomery (Iowa State).
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