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Report: Vikings interested in signing WR Donald Driver

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Donald Driver reportedly will consider retirement after 14 years with the Packers. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Donald Driver reportedly will consider retirement after 14 years with the Packers. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Could Donald Driver’s exit from the Packers send him to Green Bay’s biggest rival?

The Vikings are interested in signing the unrestricted free agent, according to a report from Fox 11 in Green Bay. Driver’s future in Green Bay appears over after the team’s all-time leading receiver caught eight passes and was inactive for one of the team’s two playoff games.

The soon-to-be 38-year-old could shop for a new team or lean toward retirement, as reported by USA Today last week.

Driver, who has hosted Fox 11′s “Inside the Huddle” show for years,  said two weeks ago:

“I think I could go to any team and be either their number one or number two guy and be solid for another three years, “ Driver said. “The question is do I want to see myself in another uniform? Will my family want to see that? If nobody wants to see it at the end of the day, it will still be a tough decision because I’ve always said I only want to wear that green and gold and nothing else.”

The Vikings are expected to take a long look at free agent receivers in March in hopes of lengthening their passing attack. Drivers’ Green Bay teammate, Greg Jennings, could be high on the Vikings’ wish list.


  • Published On Jan 29, 2013
  • Agent: Donald Driver has new deal with Packers

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    Packers alltime leading receiver (oh, and 2012 Dancing With the Stars champion) Donald Driver apparently will finish his career with the only NFL team he has ever played for.

    Lance Allan of WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee has more details, courtesy of Driver’s agent:

    Driver will enter his 14th season this fall with career totals of 735 catches and 10,060 receiving yards, both tops in franchise history. He had been due $5 million for 2012, and it’s unclear how much of a pay cut he had to take in order to retire a Packer.


  • Published On May 30, 2012
  • Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver wins Dancing With the Stars

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    Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver became the latest professional athlete to win the ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars when he was awarded the show’s Mirror Ball Trophy.

    Driver is the third NFL player to triumph on the show, joining former Dallas Cowboys RB Emmitt Smith and recently retired Pittsburgh Steelers WR Hines Ward. Olympic speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic figure skater Kristy Yamaguchi, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves are the other athletes who have won.

    Driver has 735 catches for 10,060 yards in his 13-year career after being a seventh-round pick out of Alcorn State.


  • Published On May 23, 2012
  • Donald Driver And Martina Navratilova To Compete In Dancing With The Stars

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    Athletes Donald Driver of the Green Bay Packers and Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will join the season 14 cast of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.”

    Driver, 37, will join a long list of NFL stars who have appeared on the show. Among those who have finished highly in the competition are Emmitt Smith (1st), Hines Ward (1st), Jerry Rice (2nd), Jason Taylor (2nd), Warren Sapp (2nd), and Kurt Warner (5th).

    Navratilova will look to finish better than fellow tennis legend Monica Seles, who was eliminated in the second episode in 2008.

    The two will join a cast of Jack Wagner, Melissa Gilbert, Sherri Shepherd, Jaleel White, Maria Menounos, Gladys Knight, Katherine Jenkins, Roshon Fegan, Gavin DeGraw, and William Levy.


  • Published On Feb 28, 2012


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