Green Bay Packers releasing running back Aaron Jones

The Green Bay Packers will be parting ways with veteran running back Aaron Jones according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero. Jones was due $12 million in 2024 ahead of his eighth season with Green Bay, but will now hit the open market with Pelissero reporting Monday that the franchise will be releasing him.

The news follows the recent report that Green Bay will be signing former Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs. The Packers will now clearly pivot to a new running back to lead their rushing attack ahead of the 2024 season.

The Packers are releasing Jones after he’s spent all seven seasons of his NFL career with Green Bay, drafting him out of UTEP as a diamond in the rough with the No. 182 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. With his 5,940 rushing yards ranking third all time in franchise history and 45 touchdowns rushing scores ranking fourth in Green Bay’s record books.

Jones made an impact in his first two seasons with the Packers, rushing for 1,216 yards and 12 touchdowns in his 24 game appearances with 12 starts. But things would change in his first full season as a starter in 2019, as Jones would rush for his first of three 1,000-yard rushing seasons in Green Bay. Ending 2019 with 1,084 yards and a career-high 16 rushing touchdowns to lead the NFL along with 149 total yards and four touchdowns in the postseason.

Jones would rush for 1,104 yards in the following season and a career-high 1,121 yards in 2022, but in 2023 he would play in a career-low 11 games in the regular season after missing six games following an injury in Week 1.

He’d bounce back and help the Packers make the playoffs last season, accounting for at least 130 offensive yards in three straight games to help Green Bay secure a wild-card playoff spot. Rushing for 118 yards with three touchdowns in a 48–32 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Wild Card round to set the franchise record for playoff rushing touchdowns and tie the Packers’ record for most rushing touchdowns in a playoff game.

After rushing for 108 yards versus the San Francisco 49ers in Green Bay’s divisional playoff loss, Jones became the first Packer to record five consecutive 100-yard rushing games, which now represents his last game in the green and gold.