Dani Dennis-Sutton to be ‘sponge’ around Packers teammate Micah Parsons

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TL;DR

Dani Dennis-Sutton, drafted by the Green Bay Packers, is set to learn from teammate Micah Parsons. He aims to excel in one-on-one blocks, following a key rule from his time at Penn State.

Key points

Dani Dennis-Sutton was drafted by the Green Bay Packers.
He aims to improve his one-on-one blocking skills.
Micah Parsons will mentor him in the NFL.
Dennis-Sutton followed a key rule at Penn State.
Parsons reached out to Dennis-Sutton on Instagram.

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GREEN BAY – There’s a rule posted inside the defensive line meeting room at Penn State, an edict, something every great pass rusher to pass through that program tries to live by.

Dani Dennis-Sutton lost track of how many times he saw the sign hanging on the wall. Before practice, he’d take a glance. Helped him prepare like every day was game day. On Saturdays, he followed the Penn State pass rusher rule better than anyone last season.

“Never lose one-on-ones,” Dennis-Sutton said. “Or you at least never stay blocked. So if you’re getting blocked briefly, running to the ball, effort, effort, effort is all we teach.”

Dennis-Sutton is about to get a lot more one-on-one blocks in the Green Bay Packers defense. And he’ll have an ideal example to show him how to never stay blocked.

It didn’t take long for Dennis-Sutton to hear from the pass rusher who can mentor him as he transitions from third-team all-Big Ten to the NFL. Shortly after the Packers drafted him No. 120 overall in the fourth round, only because general manager Brian Gutekunst said he couldn’t find a trade partner to move into the late third round for him, Dennis-Sutton got an Instagram message from Micah Parsons. It was his phone number. Told him to call.

Green Bay Packers pass rusher Dani Dennis-Sutton warms up during rookie minicamp.

Penn State’s leading sacker from last season was soon on the phone with maybe the greatest a pass rusher ever to play in that program. Parsons’ new rule for his rookie teammate was simple.

“Just be ready to work,” Dennis-Sutton said, relaying what Parsons told him on the call. “That’s the biggest thing he said. Don’t worry about anything outside of working, man. So I’m here for the team, whatever the team needs me to do, and I’m ready to work. That was really his advice.”