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VETERANS<br />
DONALD<br />
LEE<br />
TIGHT END<br />
MISSISSIPPI STATE<br />
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 248<br />
Seventh <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Fifth Packers Season<br />
Born: August 31, 1980<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 93/48<br />
Acquired: FA-05<br />
A veteran tight end<br />
who has developed into<br />
a steady performer for<br />
the Packers…Over the past two seasons, became the first<br />
Packers tight end since Jackie Harris (1992-93) to post<br />
back-to-back seasons of 39-or-more receptions…Has<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
played in 61 of a possible 64 games since<br />
joining the Packers in 2005, and 93 of 96<br />
during his six-year <strong>NFL</strong> career…Ranks<br />
eighth in team history for receptions by<br />
a tight end with 130; needs four more to surpass No. 7<br />
Harris (133) and 41 more to move past No. 6 Ron Kramer<br />
(170)…Played in all 16 games in ’08 for the first time as<br />
a Packer…Ranked third on the team with 39 receptions<br />
in 2008 and second on the Packers with five touchdown<br />
catches…Enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2007, taking<br />
over as the team’s No. 1 tight end, developing into an allaround<br />
performer at the position, and earning a multi-year<br />
contract extension at midseason…Caught 48 passes for<br />
575 yards and six touchdowns in ’07, essentially doubling<br />
his career totals in every category…Became a significant<br />
downfield threat, catching seven passes of 20 yards or<br />
longer, which he <strong>com</strong>bined with fundamentally sound<br />
blocking to be<strong>com</strong>e a reliable every-down tight end…Previously<br />
had earned playing time in Green Bay as a backup<br />
tight end and special teams contributor, finishing second<br />
on the team in special teams tackles in 2006 with 15…<br />
Had an immediate impact in 2005, despite signing with<br />
Green Bay as a free agent just five days before the season<br />
opener…His first two receptions in a Green Bay uniform<br />
were touchdown catches…Came to Green Bay after two<br />
seasons (2003-04) with the Dolphins, who selected him in<br />
the fifth round of the ’03 draft…Signed a contract extension<br />
with the Packers on Nov. 5, 2007…Has appeared in<br />
93 career contests with 48 starts, catching 150 passes for<br />
1,542 yards and 15 TDs…His Green Bay numbers are 61<br />
games, with 33 starts, 130 receptions, 1,322 yards and<br />
13 TDs.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in every game with a<br />
career-high 14 starts…Ranked<br />
third on the team with 39 receptions for 303 yards, and<br />
tied for second on the Packers with five TD catches…Vs.<br />
Atlanta (Oct. 5): Caught his first TD of the season on a<br />
4-yard shovel pass from Aaron Rodgers late in the fourth<br />
quarter…Vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 19): Made a leaping<br />
12-yard TD grab on a play-action pass in the second<br />
quarter…Vs. Chicago (Nov. 16): Led the team with a<br />
career-high six receptions for 33 yards, including a 5-yard<br />
TD grab from Rodgers on a play-action pass in the third<br />
quarter…Vs. Houston (Dec. 7): Caught three passes<br />
for season-high 48 yards, including 20-yard touchdown<br />
reception in the second quarter.<br />
2007<br />
Moved ahead of incumbent Bubba Franks in the<br />
preseason to take over the No. 1 tight end position…Played<br />
in 15 of 16 games, with 12 starts, and signed<br />
a contract extension in November and almost immediately<br />
bought a house for his mother…Breakout season included<br />
48 receptions for 575 yards with six touchdowns…Caught<br />
four-or-more passes in eight games…Also started both<br />
185 25<br />
►►Became first Packers tight end<br />
since Jackie Harris (1992-93)<br />
to post back-to-back seasons of<br />
39-or-more receptions.<br />
►►Ranks eighth in team history for<br />
career receptions by a tight end<br />
with 130.<br />
►►Moved into No. 1 tight end role at a glance…<br />
in ’07 after two years as the No.<br />
3, catching 48 passes for 575 yards and six TDs, and earning<br />
a multi-year contract extension.<br />
►►Scored touchdowns on his initial two catches in a Packers<br />
uniform in 2005.<br />
►►Played tailback as a senior in high school, and served primarily<br />
as a blocking tight end at Mississippi State.<br />
►►Originally a fifth-round draft choice of the Miami Dolphins<br />
in 2003.<br />
►►From age 7 through high school, spent summers hauling<br />
logs in his hometown of Pheba, Miss.<br />
playoff games and added five catches for 51 yards and a<br />
TD…At Minnesota (Sept. 30): Led the team with 66<br />
receiving yards on four catches. Caught a 27-yard pass<br />
in the first quarter; three plays later Brett Favre threw his<br />
record-setting 421st career TD pass to Greg Jennings for<br />
a 7-0 Green Bay lead…Vs. Washington (Oct. 14):<br />
Caught three passes for 75 yards. In the first quarter,<br />
caught a short pass and ran down the field for a careerlong<br />
60-yard gain (previously 32) to the Washington<br />
3-yard line; DeShawn Wynn ran in a score on the next play<br />
for a 7-0 lead…At Kansas City (Nov. 4): Caught four<br />
balls for a career-high 78 yards to surpass 1,000 career<br />
yards receiving…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 18): Posted a<br />
(then) career-high five receptions with two TDs, the first<br />
multiple-touchdown game of his career. Made a 26-yard<br />
touchdown catch in the second quarter, giving Green Bay<br />
a 21-3 lead. Scored the Packers’ next and final TD of the<br />
game, a 12-yard catch on the opening drive of the third<br />
quarter…Vs. Oakland (Dec. 9): Led the team with four<br />
catches for 71 yards and one touchdown. In the fourth<br />
quarter, caught a pass down the middle of the field, broke<br />
a tackle and stiff-armed another defender on his way to<br />
a 46-yard score, the longest touchdown reception of his<br />
career…Vs. N.Y. Giants (Jan. 20): Made three catches<br />
for 35 yards and one touchdown in the NFC Championship.<br />
In the third quarter, caught a 12-yard TD in the back of the<br />
end zone, giving Green Bay a 17-13 lead.<br />
2006<br />
Played in 15 games at tight end, including two<br />
starts, and dressed but did not play in one contest…Caught<br />
10 passes for 150 yards (15.0 avg.)…Eight<br />
of his 10 receptions went for 10 yards or more…An extremely<br />
productive member of the coverage units, finished<br />
second on the team with 15 special teams tackles…Vs.<br />
New Orleans (Sept. 17): Led the club with four special<br />
teams tackles, all on the punt-coverage unit…At Detroit<br />
(Sept. 24): In the fourth quarter, set up a touchdown with<br />
a (then) career-long 32-yard reception; also posted two<br />
special teams stops.<br />
2005<br />
Played in 15 games for Green Bay with five starts,<br />
four of which came when the team opened in<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES D. LEE FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.
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