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Wisconsin adds Whitted as wide receivers coach

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The University of Wisconsin announced the hiring of Alvis Whitted as the school’s new wide receivers coach, completing the coaching staff for the 2020 football season.

Whitted comes to Madison after serving as wide receivers coach of the Green Bay Packers in 2019.  Prior to his one-year in Green Bay, Whitted spent seven years coaching wide receivers at Colorado State.

His move to coaching followed a nine-year NFL career that began when he was selected by Jacksonville in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL Draft.  He later played for the Atlanta Falcons in 2001 and the Oakland Raiders from 2002-06.

Whitted played in 122 NFL games and made 24 starts, catching 74 passes for 1,030 yards and six touchdowns.  He also returned kicks, including a 98-yard return for a touchdown in 1999, and was a special teams standout.  Whitted played in two AFC championship games and helped the Raiders reach Super Bowl XXXVII in 2002.

 

Packers in the market for a wide receivers coach

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The Green Bay Packers are looking for a wide receivers coach after head coach Matt LaFleur fired Alvis Whitted last week.  The move was first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Davante Adams led the Packers with 83 catches for 997 yards and five touchdowns, despite missing four games with a turf toe injury.  But no other receiver performed with any consistency and wideouts Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Geronimo Allison both took a step backwards.

Running backs Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams had 49 and 39 receptions respectively and tight end Jimmy Graham added 38 catches.  All three had more catches than the number two receiver, which by the end of the season became Allen Lazard with 35.

Valdes-Scantling followed a solid rookie season with just 26 receptions for 452 yards and two touchdowns.  By the end of the season, Aaron Rodgers hardly made an effort to throw him the ball.  In fact, Valdes-Scantling just just five catches over the last nine regular-season games.

Whitted is the second assistant coach to leave the Packers coaching staff.  Jason Simmons left to take a job with the Carolina Panthers.  The Packers replaced Simmons by hiring former Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Jerry Gray.