Packers Sign Luke Lachey, Release Jakobie Keeney-James

The Packers signed luke lachey on Monday and cleared a roster spot by releasing wide receiver Jakobie Keeney-James. The move adds a 2025 seventh-round tight end to Green Bay's offseason mix as the club starts its final week of the workout program.

Brian Gutekunst Moves the Roster

General manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transactions, which brought Lachey into Green Bay after the Texans had taken him with the No. 255 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. He is listed at 6-6 and 250 pounds, and the Packers will use him at tight end with No. 86.

The release of Keeney-James created the opening. Green Bay did not add a veteran stopgap or wait for another day; it swapped one developmental player for another and kept the roster churn moving during a period built for evaluations rather than final answers.

Luke Lachey’s Iowa Track

Lachey arrives with a college résumé that is heavier than the draft slot suggests. He played in 42 games with 31 starts at Iowa, where he was named a permanent team captain and was one of the Hawkeyes' Comeback Players of the Year in his senior season.

That background gives Green Bay a tight end who already handled a full workload in a major program before his NFL path stalled. He spent his entire rookie season on the Texans' practice squad after being drafted, then was released on May 11 before this move put him back on a 90-man type of offseason track with a new team.

Packers Open Space at Tight End

For Green Bay, the transaction is less about splash and more about inventory. A 2025 seventh-round pick is not a finished product, but Lachey gives the Packers another body and another evaluation point at a position group that often turns on depth and development across spring work.

The immediate detail to track is simple: Lachey is in, Keeney-James is out, and the Packers have turned one Monday roster move into a fresh look at a 6-6, 250-pound tight end who is still early in his pro career.