GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The last play Brandon Bostick will ever make in a Green Bay Packers uniform was a memorable one, but not in the way that the 25-year-old tight end would want.
Bostick posted on Twitter Monday afternoon that he was released by the Packers. His agent confirmed the news to FOXSportsWisconsin.com.
This comes less than one month after Bostick was unable to come up with the ball on an onside kick in the NFC championship game.
"Thankful To Spend The First 3 Years Of My Career in GB," Bostick wrote on Twitter. "Unfortunately My Time There Has Ended. I Appreciate The Support From Everyone In GB! I'm Excited To See Where I Go Next. The Journey Doesn't Stop! #OnAMission #KeepTheFaith!"
Bostick's agent, Blake Baratz, expressed his thoughts on it, as well.
"(Bostick) is a class act and a player 32 teams would be fortunate to have in their organization," Baratz said through his Twitter account. "Man's played (tight end) for 3 years. Best is coming!"
The play that most will remember Bostick for during his time in Green Bay came on Jan. 18, 2015 with 2:07 left on the clock in Seattle when the Packers had a 19-14 lead. Bostick abandoned his blocking assignment on the Seahawks' onside kick to go after the ball, rather than letting Jordy Nelson go for it. Seattle recovered and went on to win, advancing to Super Bowl XLIX.
"I just keep replaying that play in my mind over and over," Bostick said as he cleaned out his locker at Lambeau Field on Jan. 19. "I guess I just reacted to it. I just saw the ball and went to get the ball, which wasn't my job. That's all I can say about that. ... I'm human; I made a mistake. If I would've made the block, we wouldn't be talking about this. But it's over now, so I'll just try my best to get over it."
Bostick was set to earn $585,000 during the 2015 season, the last year of his contract. But releasing him won't cost Green Bay anything and will free up that money.
Bostick joined the Packers in 2012 as an undrafted rookie out of Newberry College. Bostick has a lot of talent as a pass-catcher but was never able to put it all together in his first three NFL seasons. He had a total of nine catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns with Green Bay.
Bostick's onside kick mistake was far from the only problem the Packers' special teams groups had in 2014. They allowed seven blocked kicks and also gave up a fake field goal for a touchdown in the NFC championship game loss to Seattle. Mike McCarthy fired special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum on Jan. 30 and promoted Ron Zook to that spot on Feb. 12. Green Bay clearly isn't going to have those associated with the issues of 2014 carry over with the team into 2015.
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