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The Toys for Tots campaign is off to a good start in Ecanaba this year. The goal is make sure every child in need in that area has toys under the tree come Christmas morning - and the first day of the push for toys got a lot of people to donate thanks to Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House. Outside the Walmart this evening members of Escanaba Public Safety, Marine Corp. Reserve and other dignitaries greeted people who filed inside. If they bought a toy and put it in the toys for tots bin they could then say hello to Packers cornerback Davon House. A lot of good cheer tonight by everyone who wants to make this happy holiday for the less privileged.

Davon House, Packers cornerback, said, "What I get out of it, I love children anything that's dealing with children, I'm there so, Mark gave me a call told me that they are looking for a player to come out here help out and I was willing to do it."

Christine Baur, Store Manager, said, "It is amazingly gratifying. I'm a mom, I was a single mom so I know how hard it is when you don't have something for your children on Christmas so this is a way to give something back to our local community and make sure all the children of Delta County wake up to a great Christmas."

Now even though this was a good start everyone connected with toys for tots says they will need your generosity right up until Christmas, so please make a donation if you can.

Today’s featured Mayfield Sports athlete is Packer's running back DuJuan Harris (@Ol_sLy_Foxx on twitter). Harris was born on September 3^rd, 1988 in Brooksville, Florida. While attending Central High in Brooksville, he rushed for more than 3,000 yards and 45 touchdowns. He also competed in track and weightlifting. Harris went on to college at Troy where he accumulated over 2,600 yards and 27 touchdowns rushing and over 550 yards and 5 touchdowns receiving.

After going undrafted in 2011, he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars where he spent most of the season on the practice squad, but did play in their final 5 games. Harris was released by Jacksonville in August of 2012. After spending part of the 2012 season on Green Bay’s practice squad Harris played in the final 4 regular season games, 2 of which were starts. He also started both of the Packers playoff games where he tied a franchise record by having back-to-back playoff games with a rushing touchdown. Harris missed the whole 2013 season with a knee injury.

According to DuJuan, he played running back most of his life just because of his height which is only 5’7” now, but he was always built for the position. His favorite part of playing for the Packers is the way the organization is run; with tons of tradition, an awesome fan base, and the team has faith in their players.

If it wasn’t for football he says he’d be helping others, specifically juveniles, because it means a lot to help someone get on the right path and it creates a positive example for kids. His favorite color is black. Being given the nickname “Foxx” at birth because he had red hair, if he was an animal he would of course be a fox! Lastly if he had to describe himself in three words they would be: faith, because he hardly finds himself being worried; finisher, because he doesn’t like to start things he can’t finish; and affable because he is good spirited and easygoing.

Mayfield Sports Marketing is Wisconsin’s premier sports marketing firm and booking agency. Specializing in Green Bay Packers’ Players appearances at community events, Packers’ Players motivational speaking, Packers’ Players keynote speaking engagements, Packers’ Players autograph sessions and Packers’ Players attending non profit events, our athletes take great pride in every event they attend.

We offer a wide range of players from the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and other professional athletes for public appearances, autograph sessions and football camps, as well as other paid appearances or endorsement deals. Contact us today for more information at 262.366.8188 or please complete the booking form. Proud to work with numerous professional athletes from your favorite team. Book a player for your next event. Ask about players such as: Eddie Lacy, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Jarrett Boykin, John Kuhn, Mike Daniels, DuJuan Harris, Gilbert Brown, William Henderson and more. Visit our clients page for a more extensive list. Appearances by Green Bay Packers Current and Retired Players

Mayfield Sports Marketing athletes (Green Bay Packers Current and Retired Players) are committed to each event they attend. Throughout 2013-2014, Mayfield Sports Marketing athletes and celebrities had the opportunity to make numerous appearances. Green Bay Packers’ Players public appearances included nonprofit fundraisers, school visits, motivational speaking engagements and many other events and programs.

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The Green Bay Packers are a NFL team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers have won multiple Super Bowl victories—in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II), 1997 (Super Bowl XXXI) and 2011 (Super Bowl XLV). The Packers have long-standing, bitter rivalries with their NFC North (formerly the NFC Central) opponents, the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions.

Mayfield Sports is a leading celebrity speakers bureau and football speaker agency securing current and former Packers greats for speaking engagements and appearances. We have worked with many of the popular Packers players including but not limited to Leroy Butler speaking engagements, John Kuhn personal appearances, and Mike Daniels, Gilbert Brown and Micah Hyde autograph signings. Additionally, if you are searching for popular former Green Bay Packers player websites we can assist you. You can find booking agent information and speaker appearance fee information for our players at QUICK QUOTE PAGE. Mayfield Sports is your source for Green Bay Packers appearance fee and availability information.

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Packers' Jamari Lattimore has hunger to be successful NFL starter

Jamari Lattimore has played mostly special teams for the Packers since signing as an undrafted free agent in 2011.
By Tyler Dunne of the Journal Sentinel

They do not dream of playing on special teams for three seasons. Yet here was Green Bay Packers linebacker Jamari Lattimore — Under Armour hoodie over his head, hands in his pockets — dismissing the idea that he's any hungrier for Sunday's starting opportunity against the New York Jets. Again and again.

"No, nope," Lattimore said. "Hunger's always there. It never leaves. The three years, I gained a lot of experience. When experience comes, the confidence level shoots through the roof."

Fair enough. Lattimore is a no-nonsense type, one who'll never make a bold proclamation. But, yes, that hunger is rising. In fact, he's beyond hungry.

Ask the man who knows him best.

"I think he's starving. Starving," said Rick Stockstill, Lattimore's head coach and father figure at Middle Tennessee State. "I talk to him all the time. He works his tail off. He wants to be great. He wants to be a starter. He wants to be All-Pro. He wants to be in the Hall of Fame. He's driven, he's motivated. He's a competitor.

"For him to get the opportunity, to get scrimmage snaps, I guarantee he's champing at the bit. He can't wait for Sunday to get here."

That's because this Sunday, Lattimore replaces the injured Brad Jones. Sunday is Lattimore's chance to prove he deserves to be the starter long term over Jones, a chance he's been waiting for.

Yes, he started four games in 2013. But battling an illness, with Jones entrenched, Lattimore was still banished to special-teams duty. On Friday, coach Mike McCarthy virtually challenged Lattimore in saying that "some of the greatest careers were started because of an injury."

Now, this 6-foot-2, 229-pound linebacker can release any hidden, pent-up frustration that's been building.

"For me, yes, it's an opportunity, but it's just doing your job," Lattimore said. "What they brought you in here for, for you to do your job, for you to play that position."

And to be sure, Lattimore understands the full scope of this opportunity.

Many of Stockstill's players at Middle Tennessee State hail from rough upbringings, from single-parent households. Lattimore was no different. Mom and Dad weren't around — Lattimore was raised by his grandmother. From Miami, Fla., to Dodge City Community College to the Blue Raiders, Lattimore appreciated the little things. Because, well, the little things were in fleeting supply.

Stockstill remembers his first team dinner. From the buffet, Lattimore tried to take at least three steaks back to his hotel room. Survival mode kicked in.

"He loads his plate up like this is the only time he'll ever get to eat this kind of food," said Stockstill. "He asked, 'Can I take this to the room?' I said, 'Jamari, we'll have a snack tonight.' He says, 'You mean we eat like this all the time?' 'Yeah, we eat like this all the time.'

"Little things like that we might take for granted, he didn't have growing up."

The very nature of Middle Tennessee State — a Division I football safety school of sorts — elevated the hunger. In three seasons, totaling 20½ sacks and three forced fumbles, Lattimore became a product of his environment.

That edge Packers teammates see in every blood-thirsty, half-line drill was cultivated in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

"All the guys coming through our program have got that edge," Stockstill said. "We don't have 5- and 4- and 3-star recruits. Our guys — most of them — it was come to Middle Tennessee or nowhere. So we've got that chip on our shoulder that we have to go out there every day and prove we're a good player, prove that we're a good team."

Undrafted, Lattimore transitioned from end to outside linebacker to inside linebacker, serving on special teams all along the way. To this point, his career has mirrored Desmond Bishop's wait.

Those four starts in 2013 were a taste, an appetizer, and he brought a raw violence with 35 tackles and two sacks. Teammates still remember the crushing hits at Baltimore. And who spoke up at halftime when the Packers were getting embarrassed in Dallas? Lattimore.

He brings a rare emotion to each practice, fully knowing it'll tick off some players.

Through training camp, Lattimore was the pest cranking up the volume. He taunted receivers. He picked a fight with guard Josh Sitton.

"When he's on the field, he carries the energy for the defense," Lang said. "He's always talking, chirping. Us going against him, it's annoying. Also being his teammate, it's something you like to see. He's a guy who has taken advantage of the playing time he's gotten."

When Lattimore speaks, teammates listen. The guy who also kicks teammates' butts in the soccer video game FIFA carries a booming presence.

Safety Sean Richardson labels it an "electrifying" presence.

"He's energized," Richardson said. "He's one of the guys that's a vocal leader. Everybody likes it. When he talks, everybody pays attention.

"It's respect because he brings it each and every day. He doesn't just talk it — at practice he lays it out on the line every time. When you're giving it your all and players see that, players respect that."

Lattimore says the reason he stays in fifth gear is because some players, frankly, don't enjoy practice. It's natural. And, really, that's been his only chance to flex his muscles as a linebacker in the defense.

And at his locker, Lattimore doesn't consider Jones' injury his big "break." His number is being called, so he has to step up.

"Simple as that," Lattimore said.

For all the talking he does on the field, he does next-to-no talking off it. In college, Stockstill often forced the conference player of the year to speak to reporters. And earlier this week, the linebacker bee-lined across the locker room and turned down one request. He's not a talker. Heck, he wouldn't even tell anyone about the illness that bothered him all last season.

On Friday, Lattimore described it as a stomach virus mixed with an allergic reaction that went undiagnosed.

Now, he's healthy. With a chance.

Stockstill offers a window into Lattimore's true hunger this week. You bet sitting...waiting...wondering if he'll ever get promoted has been frustrating at times.

"Sure," Stockstill said. "He's such a fierce competitor. You're constantly working, you're constantly practicing, you're constantly lifting weights. To not be able to get out there and play is frustrating — especially the competitors. Jamari loves to compete. So, yeah, it's definitely frustrating when you put in all that work. They get 16 days of rewards.

"I'm sure it's frustrating for him not to get scrimmage plays as much as he would like."

To which, Stockstill's message is constant: Never relax. Lattimore was given the low, $1.431 million tender in the off-season as a restricted free agent.

As Stockstill explains to him, replacements are always in the bullpen. That hunger cannot fade. Several times to his teams, he's brought up a conversation with Brian Dawkins, the six-time All-Pro he coached at Clemson. When Dawkins was going on his 13th year in the NFL, the coach asked him how he lasted this long.

The key, Dawkins said then, is treating each day of practice "like a rookie," like a starving rookie terrified to lose his job. In August, Stockstill repeated those words to Lattimore.

Hence, the screaming maniac you saw at Ray Nitschke Field.

Stockstill doesn't see Lattimore relinquishing this starting spot without a fight. They text, talk nearly daily. Yes, Jones is the one who signed an $11.25 million, three-year contract in 2013. Lattimore is the guy on a one-year, prove-it deal.

If he performs, nothing else matters. Sunday is his shot to stick.

A shot he's been waiting for.

"Nobody ever heard of Lou Gehrig 60-70 years ago," Stockstill said. "And he got his chance. Wally Pipp never got back out there. I know Jamari will do everything he can. He'll play hard. He'll work hard. He'll prepare hard to stay on that field as long as he can because that's the kind of man he is.

"He'll embrace this opportunity."

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Packers right tackle Derek Sherrod blocks the Jets’ Sheldon Richardson. Sherrod started in place of the injured Bryan Bulaga.

Right tackle Bryan Bulaga, listed as questionable with a sprained knee even though he practiced all week, was declared inactive.That meant Derek Sherrod, one of the goats in the debacle in Seattle, would have to make the first regular-season start of his four-year career against the fierce, formidable and massive front seven of the New York Jets.

The Packers won't know until tape review how Sherrod fared. Certainly his performance merited a higher grade than 10 days earlier, and partially as a result the offense gained 390 yards and the Packers won, 31-24, at Lambeau Field.

"It's hard for me to watch the right tackle but he felt solid," said T.J. Lang, the right guard. "His communication was good. He was fine."

Sherrod gave up a 4-yard sack on the Packers' second snap when outside linebacker Quinton Coples took advantage of extra time taken by Aaron Rodgers.

Coples slipped by Sherrod outside in much the same way that Seahawk defensive ends Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett maneuvered around him for sacks.

Two plays later, Rodgers went down in a heap when the Jets rushed seven and the outnumbered Packers had just six blockers.

In the fourth quarter, Rodgers held the ball forever on his third sack. Lang said he played a stunt poorly and outside linebacker Calvin Pace registered the Jets' fourth and final sack.

"As an offensive lineman you never want to let your defender touch the quarterback," Sherrod said. "I'll just have to improve and play better. I really don't pay attention ... if I do good or bad I just roll with it to the next play."

"I didn't think Bryan was playing at all," Lang admitted. "I didn't want the Jets to know. We knew he had a slight chance but we weren't counting on him."

Although Sherrod took the majority of the reps with the No. 1 offense, nobody could be sure what his confidence level would be given his struggles in the Pacific Northwest.

"His confidence never went down," said Lang. "With the group of guys we have everybody just knows that when you have a game like that you've got to be a man about it and play better. I thought he had a great week of practice."

Center Corey Linsley read the Jets' shifting defense all day and didn't think there were instances where Sherrod was targeted for exploitation.

"I didn't notice that at all," said Linsley. "Obviously, I had confidence in Derek.

"Derek's a grown man. He knows he could play better than he did in Seattle. He obviously did tonight."

From his various locations in and around the formation, tight end Andrew Quarless said there were times he was deployed near Sherrod to help pick up overloaded blitz situations.

In Mike McCarthy's high-octane offense, there really is no provision to offer either tackle significant double-team assistance. As offensive coordinator Tom Clements put it Thursday, Sherrod just had to get his man blocked.

"Everybody has to be accountable," Quarless said. "You've got to step up. I think he had a way better game than last week."

It remains to be seen if Bulaga will be in uniform at Ford Field Sunday to face the Detroit Lions' fast front four.

Even if Sherrod never starts another game, he could walk away Sunday evening knowing he prevented a jailbreak in his sector and contributed to a much-needed triumph.

"You're always proud when you're a part of such a great organization," said Sherrod. "I was always confident. I know what I can do and all the things the guys can do. Everybody has a role on this team."

As the swing tackle, Sherrod made amends Sunday for what happened to him in Seattle.

Mayfield Sports Marketing is Wisconsin’s premier sports marketing firm and booking agency. Specializing in Green Bay Packers’ Players public appearances at community events, Packers’ Players motivational speaking, Packers’ Players keynote speaking engagements, Packers’ Players autograph sessions and Packers’ Players attending non profit events, our athletes take great pride in every event they attend.

We offer a wide range of players from the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and other professional athletes for public appearances, autograph sessions and football camps, as well as other paid appearances or endorsement deals. Contact us today for more information at 262.366.8188 or please complete the booking form. Proud to work with numerous professional athletes from your favorite team. Book a player for your next event. Ask about players such as: Eddie Lacy, AJ Hawk, Jarrett Boykin, Mike Daniels, DuJuan Harris, Gilbert Brown, William Henderson and more. Visit our clients page for a more extensive list. www.MayfieldSportsMarketing.com/clients

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