The Green Bay Packers signed DL Keonte Schad. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction on Thursday.
Schad (6-2, 284), a first-year player out of Oregon State, played for the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL in 2023, finishing No. 2 in the league with 7.5 sacks. In 2024, he played in the UFL for the Houston Roughnecks, posting 19 tackles (seven solo), a tackle for a loss and a half-sack. The Madison, Wis., native played at Ellsworth Community College before playing in 17 games over two seasons at the University of Minnesota (2019-20) and then one season at Oregon State (2021), where he earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention from the coaches and fourth-team All-Pac-12 honors from Phil Steele's College Football. He will wear No. 98 for the Packers.
