Packers Re-Sign Marcedes Lewis to Reported 1-Year Contract

The Green Bay Packers will keep a veteran presence in their tight end rotation for the 2019 season.

The Packers confirmed Monday they re-signed tight end Marcedes Lewis. Adam Schefter of ESPN first reported Wednesday that it is a one-year contract.

Lewis appeared in all 16 games for the Packers last year but finished with a mere three catches for 39 yards and zero touchdowns.

The 34-year-old has been in the league since the Jacksonville Jaguars selected him with a first-round pick in the 2006 draft. While his numbers in his first year with the Packers certainly don't stand out, he tallied as many as 700 receiving yards and 10 touchdown catches with the Jaguars during the 2010 campaign.

The 6'6", 267-pound UCLA product also isn't far removed from the 2017 season when he hauled in five touchdowns for the Jaguars.

Green Bay still has Jimmy Graham at tight end and likely won't turn to Lewis much in the aerial attack, but he is a valuable blocker on the depth chart.

Zach Kruse of USA Today's Packers Wire suggested Lewis "could be of much greater use" in new head coach Matt LaFleur's run-heavy offense. The move also means the tight end will have the chance to play with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett again after working together with the Jaguars in 2016 and 2017.

Jacksonville led the league in rushing yards in 2017 thanks in part to Lewis' blocking.