GREEN BAY, Wis., April 9 (UPI) -- The Green Bay Packers, looking to fill a need at defensive end, Wednesday signed free agent Chuckie Nwokorie.
Terms were not disclosed.
Nwokorie, 27, spent his first four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, recording 72 tackles and five sacks in 22 games. Injuries limited him to three games last season.
The undrafted free agent out of Purdue saw his most extensive playing time in 2001, when he registered five sacks while playing all 16 games.
The Packers have a major hole to fill at left end after Vonnie Holliday signed a five-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday.
Also signing with the Packers was veteran offensive lineman Grey Ruegamer, a former New England Patriot. He was an unrestricted free agent.
The 6-4, 310-pound Ruegamer has played in 33 games over his four-year NFL career, with three starts, and also saw action in all three of New England's playoff games following the 2001 season as the Patriots closed out the year by winning Super Bowl XXXVI.
Originally a third-round draft choice, 72nd overall, of the Miami Dolphins in 1999, the Scottsdale, Ariz., native was inactive for 15 regular season games, and both of Miami's playoff games as a rookie before being released by the Dolphins following training camp in 2000.
He joined the practice squad of the Pittsburgh Steelers in August, and remained with them for the first 11 weeks of the season before being signed to New England's 53-man roster, and playing in all of the Patriots' six remaining games of the campaign.
