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Undrafted Green Bay Packers LB Tavarus Dantzler embraces physicality

Published May. 22, 2015 10:12 a.m. ET

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If undrafted rookie linebacker Tavarus Dantzler lands a job in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, he will have his tenacious attitude to thank. Dantzler plays the position the way it was meant to be played: with fearless aggression.

"Linebacker is a physical position," Dantzler told Tyler Dunne of the Journal Sentinel. "Either you have it or you don't. I like to play with that anger, that chip on my shoulder. I just pride myself on things like that."

There are shades of Ray Nitschke in Dantzler's game. The Bethune-Cookman product wants his opponents to fear him and to remember the ferocity of each hit he delivers.

Dantzler is determined to earn a roster spot with the Packers. His primary source of motivation is to provide for his daughter.

"I'll do anything when it comes down to that," Dantzler told the Journal Sentinel about caring for his daughter.

(h/t Journal Sentinel)

Photo Credit: Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports

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