The Green Bay Packers added more size and depth at tight end on Sunday, acquiring Mark Redman from the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2028 seventh-round pick.
The deal, first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz and later confirmed by the team, came hours before the NFL’s 53-man roster deadline.
Redman, 24, is listed at 6-foot-5 and roughly 255–263 pounds. An undrafted free agent out of Louisville in 2025 after earlier stops at Washington and San Diego State, he spent his entire rookie season on the Rams’ practice squad and signed a reserve/futures contract after Los Angeles’s playoff run ended. He has not appeared in a regular-season NFL game.
In three preseason games this summer, Redman caught all six of his targets for 63 yards and three first downs.
Scouts describe him as a throwback in-line “Y” tight end whose primary value is blocking rather than creating mismatches in space. That profile fits a Packers offense that already uses two-tight-end looks and now faces uncertainty at the position.
Green Bay is bringing Tucker Kraft back from a torn ACL suffered last November, while Luke Musgrave is expected to open the season on the physically unable to perform list with a neck injury. The Packers signed veteran Jonnu Smith on Thursday, giving them another experienced pass-catcher.
Redman is expected to compete with Josh Whyle and others for a roster spot or practice-squad role, with early contributions more likely as a blocker and special-teams player.
The Rams had a logjam at the position. Colby Parkinson and Tyler Higbee remain the veterans, while second-round picks Terrance Ferguson (2025) and Max Klare (2026) plus Davis Allen made it unlikely Redman would survive final cuts.
Trading him allowed Los Angeles to recoup a late-round pick instead of risking him being claimed on waivers.
The move is typical of general manager Brian Gutekunst’s approach on cutdown day: low-cost additions at positions of need.
Green Bay also dealt quarterback Kyle McCord to Miami and acquired running back Kaleb Johnson from Pittsburgh on the same afternoon. For Redman, it is a chance to fight for snaps on a contending roster rather than sit behind a crowded Rams group.
For the Packers, it is inexpensive insurance behind Kraft and another body who can help in the run game while the tight-end room sorts itself out.
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