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GREEN BAY – Last year, tight end Jace Sternberger made a wildly successful transition from junior college to the Southeastern Conference, the premier college football league in the land.
But he’s not about to assume he’ll make his next move, to the NFL, look so easy.
“You’re playing with grown men now,” Sternberger said late last week during rookie minicamp. “You’re not playing with 18- and 19-year-olds anymore. You’re playing with a lot of people who have been doing this and they’re really good at what they do. That’s the reason they’ve been playing for so long, so it’s going to be a learning experience.”
Fortunately, the Packers’ third-round draft pick out of Texas A&M almost couldn’t be in a better situation to learn.
He has one of the top pass-catching downfield threats at tight end of the last decade in Jimmy Graham to help with the nuances of NFL routes and coverages. He also has one of the best blocking tight ends in the game, Marcedes Lewis, to assist with that part of his game, where he has the furthest to go.