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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
BRENO<br />
GIACOMINI<br />
TACKLE<br />
LOUISVILLE<br />
Ht: 6-7 Wt: 311<br />
Second <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Second Packers Season<br />
Born: September 27, 1985<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 1/0<br />
Acquired: D5-08<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
GIACOMINI COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Fifth-round pick in<br />
2008 will look to make<br />
bigger contribution in<br />
his second year with the team…Will <strong>com</strong>pete for starting<br />
right tackle position…Active for two games as a rookie<br />
and was inactive for the other 14…Head Coach Mike Mc-<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
Carthy noted Gia<strong>com</strong>ini’s improvement<br />
throughout his rookie campaign, pointing<br />
out how much he benefited from facing defensive<br />
end Aaron Kampman every day in<br />
practice…Underwent offseason ankle surgery (Feb. 11)…<br />
Converted tight end who didn’t be<strong>com</strong>e a full-time tackle<br />
until his senior season at Louisville…Part of an offense<br />
that ranked sixth in the nation at 488.0 yards per game as a<br />
senior…Protected Packers teammate Brian Brohm on his<br />
way to throwing a school-record 30 touchdown passes in<br />
2007 for the Cardinals.<br />
2008 season<br />
Active for two games, playing in<br />
one…Inactive for final 14 games<br />
of the season…Sustained ankle injury in Dec. 20 practice...<br />
Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 8): Active, but did not play…At<br />
Detroit (Sept. 14): Made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut, seeing time on<br />
special teams…2008 Draft: Selected in the fifth round<br />
(150th overall), and was the 23rd offensive lineman selected…Pick<br />
was acquired from Minnesota along with a<br />
seventh-round choice (209) for Green Bay’s fifth-round<br />
pick (137)…Became only the third offensive lineman to be<br />
selected from Louisville in team history, joining teammate<br />
G/C Jason Spitz (2005, third round) and C Cleo Walker<br />
(seventh round, 1970).<br />
college<br />
Converted tight end who didn’t be<strong>com</strong>e a<br />
full-time tackle until his senior season…<br />
Split time at tight end and tackle for his first three seasons<br />
at Louisville…Teammate of Spitz, and helped protect<br />
Brohm on his way to setting a school record with 30<br />
touchdown passes and 4,204 yards as a senior, which is<br />
second-best in Louisville single-season history…Recruited<br />
by some smaller Division I schools to play basketball but<br />
decided to focus on football in college…Majored in sports<br />
administration…Senior season (2007): Started all 12<br />
games at right tackle…Part of an offense that ranked sixth<br />
in the nation at 488.0 yards per game…Allowed just four<br />
sacks and two pressures on 491 pass plays…Helped protect<br />
Brohm as he set a school record with 30 touchdown<br />
passes and threw for 4,204 yards, the second-best season<br />
in school history…Played in 2008 Hula Bowl…Junior<br />
season (2006): Played in all 13 games and spent time<br />
►►Name is pronounced BREH-no<br />
GEE-ah-co-MEE-knee.<br />
►►Will look to <strong>com</strong>pete for starting<br />
right tackle position.<br />
►►Converted tight end who wasn’t<br />
a full-time tackle until his senior<br />
season at Louisville.<br />
►►Teammate of offensive lineman<br />
Jason Spitz and quarterback<br />
Brian Brohm with the Cardinals.<br />
at tight end and offensive tackle…Made his first collegiate<br />
start at tight end when he opened up at Kansas State (Sept.<br />
23)…Sophomore season (2005): Played in 12 games<br />
at tight end…Caught three passes for 16 yards, including<br />
his first touchdown reception when he caught a 1-yard<br />
pass for a score from Brohm vs. Rutgers (Nov. 11)…<br />
Freshman season (2004): Played in 12 games as a<br />
reserve tackle and tight end as a true freshman…Made<br />
collegiate debut as a backup tight end vs. Kentucky (Sept.<br />
5)…Posted the first reception of his career when he made<br />
a 3-yard grab at Army (Sept. 11).<br />
personal<br />
at a glance…<br />
Given name Breno Gomes Gia<strong>com</strong>ini…<br />
Name is pronounced BREH-no GEE-ahco-MEE-knee…Born<br />
in Cambridge, Mass. …Single…Has<br />
an infant daughter, Alayna Madison...Sold hot dogs at Fenway<br />
Park as a high schooler...Sister, Andressa, plays center<br />
on the basketball team at the University of Massachusetts<br />
Lowell…Parents moved to Massachusetts from Brazil before<br />
he was born…High school: Three-year starter at<br />
Malden (Mass.) High and earned Greater Boston League<br />
all-star honors as a senior…Played both defensive end and<br />
outside linebacker…Started his freshman and sophomore<br />
years, but didn’t play football as a junior to concentrate<br />
on basketball…Four-year letterwinner in basketball and<br />
was the second-leading scorer in the league as a senior<br />
at 21.0 points per game…Community involvement:<br />
Signed autographs and posed for photos at Pals Halloween<br />
Party…Attended dinner and participated in Q&A session<br />
for Green Bay Traffic Club…Hobbies/interests: Enjoys<br />
playing basketball…Residence: Malden, Mass.<br />
Br e n o Gi a c o m i n i’s Pr o Ga m e s Pl a y e d/St a r t e d<br />
Year Team GP GS<br />
CAREER TRANSACTIONS<br />
2008 Green Bay. ...............1 0<br />
u2008 Selected by Green Bay Packers in fifth round (150th<br />
overall) in ’08 Draft, April 27…Signed first contract,<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> debut: at Detroit, 9/14/08<br />
July 23.<br />
CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRATION: After 2011<br />
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