| | Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Quarterback Danny Wuerffel, the 1996
Heisman Trophy winner, signed Friday with the Green Bay Packers,
days after leading the Rhein Fire to the NFL Europe championship.
Wuerffel completed 161 of 260 passes for 2,042 yards and 25
touchdowns, with seven interceptions, for the Fire, who beat the
Scottish Claymores in Sunday's World Bowl at Frankfurt, Germany.
He's the fifth quarterback on Green Bay's roster heading into
preseason training camp.
The 6-foot-1, 212-pound Wuerffel was drafted in the fourth round
by the New Orleans Saints in 1997 out of Florida.
He played in 16 games, starting six, for the Saints from
1997-99, and became a free agent in February when they did not make
him a qualifying offer. He completed 126 of 258 passes for 1,404
yards and nine touchdowns, with 16 interceptions, for New Orleans.
The Packers' other quarterbacks are starter Brett Favre, Matt
Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks and Ben Sankey, a rookie free agent from
Wake Forest.
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