Samori Toure shines in family night scrimmage for the Green Bay Packers
Samori Toure was not selected until the 7th round of the 2022 NFL Draft. However, he’s making quite a strong impression during training camp with the Green Bay Packers.
On Friday, the Packers hosted “family night” with a practice and scrimmage time held inside Lambeau Field and open to the fans. Toure’s first nice play came in one-on-one battles when he beat his man on a fade route to the corner of the end zone.
Welcome to @LambeauField, @samori_toure! 🙌#GoPackGo | #FamilyNight pic.twitter.com/XYbAl4807R
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 6, 2022
Then in the scrimmage portion of the evening, Toure took the top of the defense with a route down the middle of the field. He caught a clean pass from Jordan Love and scored the touchdown and capped it off with his first Lambeau Leap.
Toure TD ✅
Toure Leap ✅@samori_toure @jordan3love#GoPackGo | #FamilyNight pic.twitter.com/MMdLDumaXL— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 6, 2022
Mike Spofford with Packers.com also highlighted Toure as his offensive star of the night. Here is what Spofford had to say about Toure’s outing:
Toure got going early with a nice adjustment and sliding catch on an end-zone fade from Jordan Love during one-on-ones against the defensive backs. Then during 11-on-11 near the goal line, he made another nifty sliding catch in the corner on a pass from Danny Etling.
The big highlight then came on a deep ball from Love, as Toure got behind two defenders and hauled in the pass for a touchdown of 50-plus yards.