Caller ID almost caused Van Lanen to ignore Packers on draft night

BAY PORT, Wis. — Growing up in Wisconsin, Cole Van Lanen had dreams of playing football for both the Badgers and the Packers.

Green Bay’s own

With the 214th pick in the 2021 #NFLDraft, the #Packers select Wisconsin OL Cole Van Lanen! #PackersDraft | @SiriusXMNFL pic.twitter.com/r1RVntBUMr

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) May 1, 2021

And thanks to a phone call on Saturday, the former Badger offensive lineman gets to live out his dream. But the news was almost delayed because of his caller ID called the Packers’ number “spam likely”.

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