Packers sign 2 to practice squad

GREEN BAY - The Green Bay Packers have signed two players – including a Green Bay native – to their practice squad.

General Manager Ted Thompson said the team signed wide receiver Jeremy Ross and defensive end Drew Vanderlin to the practice squad.

Vanderlin is a 6-foot-3, 288-pound rookie out of Michigan Tech. Vanderlin, a graduate of Green Bay Southwest High School, is ranked second on Michigan Tech’s career sacks list with 20. He earned all-conference honors twice and was named the team’s defensive lineman of the year as a junior and a senior. Vanderlin participated in the Packers’ rookie orientation camp on a tryout basis in May. He will wear number 97.

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Ross is a 6-foot-tall, 215-pound first-year player from the University of California. He has spent time with the New England and Indianapolis organizations, spending the final 13 games of the 2011 season on the Colts’ practice squad. Ross finished his college career ranked second in school history in punt returns, with a 15.2-yard average. He will wear number 10 for Green Bay.