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Published on: 5/13/2006
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Alcorn, 25, agreed to terms on a free agent contract with the Green Bay Packers before the seventh and final round of the draft wrapped up Sunday, solidifying his future plans for the first time in months.
"It's awesome and it's just a huge, huge relief," Alcorn said of finding a professional football home."I've been waiting for a few months for this, so it's nice to have it done with."
Alcorn and his agent had been in contact with several other NFL teams as the draft concluded, but it was in Green Bay that the 6-foot-4, 260-pounder saw the best opportunity to make a roster.
"I talked to the (Indianapolis) Colts here not too long ago but I had to tell them no," Alcorn said, just minutes after his signing had become official."A lot of teams had called my agent but he had evaluated the tight end position around the league and he thought that (Green Bay) was the optimal spot for me. I'm the only rookie tight end that they're bringing into camp."
Alcorn will head to Wisconsin to take part in the team's mini-camp within the next week or two before spending about a month with rookies and other free agents after that.He'll then get a month off before starting training camp at the end of the summer.
Besides the obvious excitement for Alcorn and his family, there was plenty of relief and joy in the Yellow Jacket program as well.
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"He's going to keep Brett Favre very happy," Scott said of Alcorn, who caught 43 balls for 588 yards and a team-leading seven touchdowns last year.
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"I was just wondering about that, actually," Alcorn admitted.
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Scott thinks Alcorn has a bright future in front of him, particularly after some specialized individual instruction from Packers' tight ends coach Ben McAdoo, something that is lacking at the lower levels of college football.
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Joining Epperly on the First Team are Zach Alcorn of Black Hills State, a senior tight end from Chadron, NE; Minot State senior defensive lineman Dexter Ross from Kanata, ON, Canada and Dickinson State senior defensive lineman Ross Walker from Killdeer, ND.
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They are Dickinson State offensive lineman Josh Epperly, a senior from Hettinger, ND; Black Hills State's Zach Alcorn, a senior tight end from Chadron, NE and Dakota State senior Tommy Hofer, a wide receiver from Lennox, SD.
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Black Hills State senior tight end Zach Alcorn and Dickinson State senior defensive linemen Ross Walker were named First Team All Americans.
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