Oak Creek's Marwin Evan Makes the Green Bay Packers Roster

OAK CEEEK -- Marwin Evans has made the cut.

Evans, a hard-hitting safety with an abundance of speed on the field, turned heads during training camp, forcing the Green Bay Packers to consider him for a roster spot - or risk losing him to another team.

He joins the team's ranks of excellent safeties:

S (6): 42 Morgan Burnett, 21 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, 33 Micah Hyde, 32 Chris Banjo, 29 Kentrell Brice, 25 Marwin Evans
Released: 35 Jermaine Whitehead.

The Green Bay Packers signed former Oak Creek High School and Utah State safety Marwin Evans to a rookie free agent contract in May.

Since then, he has managed to impress during training camp, covering receivers and displaying superior speed and defense against his opponents' running game.

According to a report from the Packers, Evans, a rookie free agent from Utah State, was a hard-hitting tackling machine last Thursday night against Oakland.

In just 20 snaps, he tackled ball carriers four times for a net of two yards, dove head-long into a 330-pound tackle to strip blocking on another play and delivered not one but two wicked blocks on Josh Hawkins’ long interception return.