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| No. 86 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (2000-03-09)March 9, 2000 (age 25) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 262 lb (119 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Marist(Brookhaven, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College | Georgia (2018–2021) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2022: 6th round, 213th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2025 | |||||||||
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John William FitzPatrick (born March 9, 2000) is an American professionalfootballtight end for theGreen Bay Packers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theGeorgia Bulldogs.
FitzPatrick grew up inAtlanta, Georgia and attendedMarist High School.[1] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to playcollege football at Georgia over offers from Alabama, UCLA, and Virginia.[2]
FitzPatrickredshirted his true freshman season.[3] As a redshirt sophomore, he caught ten passes for 95 yards and one touchdown.[4] FitzPatrick played in all 15 of Georgia's games with seven starts in his redshirt junior season, catching six passes for 83 yards as the Bulldogs won the2022 College Football Playoff National Championship.[5] He had played the majority of the season with fractures in both of his feet.[6] After the end of the season, FitzPatrick declared that he would be entering the2022 NFL draft.[7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft7+1⁄8 in (2.01 m) | 262 lb (119 kg) | 33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | |||||||||
| All values fromPro Day[8][9] | ||||||||||||
FitzPatrick was selected with the 213th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft by theAtlanta Falcons.[10] He was placed oninjured reserve on September 1, 2022.[11]
During the 2023 season, FitzPatrick made the Falcons' 53-man roster as the fourth tight end behindKyle Pitts,Jonnu Smith, andMyCole Pruitt and played in nine games with one reception for 12 yards and 3 special teams tackles.[12]
FitzPatrick was waived by the Falcons on August 27, 2024, and re-signed to the practice squad.[13][14]
On October 11, 2024, FitzPatrick was signed by theGreen Bay Packers to their active roster off of the Atlanta Falcons practice squad.[15]
On April 14, 2025, FitzPatrick re-signed with the Packers.[16]
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Y/R | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2023 | ATL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | GB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | GB | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 26 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source:pro-football-reference.com | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Y/R | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2024 | GB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source:pro-football-reference.com | ||||||||||
