Packers activating OL Elgton Jenkins off non-football injury list on Monday
Jenkins, who is moving to center for the 2025 season, began training camp on the NFI list and missed the first four practices while recovering from a back injury. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said they will ease Jenkins back into the mix.
"Yeah, he'll be limited," LaFleur said Monday. "I think he's just doing individual. We'll build him up."
Jenkins, who was the team's starter at left guard in 2024, will move to center this season. Aaron Banks -- the Packers' big free agent addition on offense -- is the new starter at left guard.
Jenkins, a two-time Pro Bowler, didn't practice during the offseason workout program and is still hoping for an adjustment to his current contract given his position change and the two years of non-guaranteed money left on the deal. Despite the contractual issues, the Packers insisted Jenkins had a legitimate back injury and wasn't holding in to start training camp.
Elsewhere along the offensive line, the Packers had a recent injury scare with Banks, who missed a practice last week after suffering a minor back injury. He returned in a limited capacity but didn't do team periods on Sunday.
Like Jenkins, the Packers will be careful with Banks as he returns from injury.
"He's a vet. We want to make sure he doesn't set himself back. There's a lot of communication going on in terms of how he's feeling and the plan we have for him, so I'd say it's going to be pretty fluid," LaFleur said of Banks.
Once healthy and ready for full participation, Jenkins and Banks can rejoin the first-team offensive line and give the position group a chance to build cohesion before the start of the regular season.
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