At different points in his college career, Green Bay Packers rookie fifth-round pick Collin Oliver was either a true edge rusher or an off-ball linebacker. Oliver, who injured his hamstring before training camp, has been missing from the practice field since the mid-summer, so fans haven’t gotten much of an opportunity to figure out how exactly the Packers will be using him moving forward. So when Oliver’s practice window opened up this week, people had a reasonable question: Is Oliver going to be a 4-3 defensive end with the team or a linebacker?

On Wednesday, head coach Matt LaFleur answered that question, stating that Oliver would start out at defensive end before potentially branching out to other positions once he’s comfortable with his base position.

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