Packers players and staff from the Washington D.C. area: T Rasheed Walker is from Waldorf, Md., and attended North Point (Waldorf) High School…Chief of staff Darryl Franklin went to Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City, Md. …Vice president of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan attended high school at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy…Packers players and staff who played college football in the Washington D.C. area: WR Dontayvion Wicks played at Virginia from 2019-22… QB Malik Willis played two seasons (2020-21) at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. …Packers coaches who have coached in the Washington D.C. area: TEs coach John Dunn was the TEs coach/recruiting coordinator at Maryland from 2011-15…Commanders with connections to Wisconsin: LB Nick Bellore is from Whitefish Bay, Wis., and attended Whitefish Bay High School…C Tyler Biadasz is from Amherst, Wis., attended Amherst High School and played at Wisconsin from 2017-19…C Michael Deiter played at Wisconsin from 2015-18…WRs coach Bobby Engram was the offensive coordinator/QBs coach at Wisconsin in 2022…Former Commanders: Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was Washington’s QBs coach from 2010-13…Executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball was Washington’s director of football administration in 2001…Assistant DL coach Vince Oghobaase was on Washington’s practice squad in 2010… Former Packers: Commanders defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. spent 11 seasons with the Packers, serving as a defensive quality control coach (2008), secondary/ cornerbacks coach (2009-17) and defensive pass game coordinator (2018)…TEs coach David Raih worked for the Packers for five seasons, serving as coaching administrator (2014-15), assistant OL coach (2016), offensive perimeter coach (2017) and WRs coach (2018)…Defensive pass game coordinator Jason Simmons was with the Packers for nine seasons, serving as defensive assistant/secondary coach (2011-15), assistant special teams coach (2016- 17), secondary coach (2018) and DBs coach (2019)… Notable NFL connections: LaFleur was the QBs coach for the Atlanta Falcons (2015-16) when Commanders head coach Dan Quinn was the Falcons’ head coach… LaFleur was the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator in 2018 when Commanders QB Marcus Mariota played for the Titans…Packers DL Micah Parsons crossed paths with Quinn, Whitt Jr., Biadasz, Commanders DE Dorrance Armstrong, WR Noah Brown, CB Noah Igbinoghene, assistant defensive line coach Shariff Floyd and player development coach Pete Ohnegian during his time with the Dallas Cowboys from 2021-24…Packers K Brandon McManus was teammates with Commanders LB Von Miller with the Denver Broncos from 2014-21…Packers DL coach/run game coordinator DeMarcus Covington worked with Commanders CB Jonathan Jones and DE Deatrich Wise Jr. during his time on the New England Patriots’ coaching staff, including when he served as defensive coordinator in 2024…Quinn and Packers OL coach Luke Butkus were both on the Seattle Seahawks’ coaching staff in 2010…Packers G Aaron Banks, offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich and defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley crossed paths with Commanders general manager Adam Peters when Peters worked in player personnel for the 49ers (2017-23)…Banks and Commanders WR Deebo Samuel Sr. were teammates with the 49ers from 2021-24…Simmons worked with Packers CB Nate Hobbs when he was the defensive passing game coordinator/DBs coach for the Raiders from 2022-23… Offensive quality control coach Rob Grosso was on Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s staff when Kingsbury was the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach from 2019-22…Notable college connections: Packers CB Keisean Nixon was teammates with Commanders DT Javon Kinlaw and Samuel Sr. at South Carolina…Butkus tutored Commanders G Nick Allegretti when Butkus was the OL coach at Illinois from 2016-18…Kingsbury was the head coach at Texas Tech when Packers DBs coach Ryan Downard was on the coaching staff in 2013…Packers G Sean Rhyan was teammates with Commanders LB Ale Kaho, LB Kain Medrano and TE Colston Yankoff at UCLA… Floyd worked with Packers DL Brenton Cox Jr. and LB Ty’Ron Hopper when he was on Florida’s coaching staff from 2021-22…Packers CB Carrington Valentine and T/G Darian Kinnard were teammates with Commanders RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. at Kentucky…Other notable connections: Commanders DBs coach Tom Donatell’s father, Ed, was the defensive coordinator for the Packers in 2000-03.
