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To: SE who wrote (619)	9/7/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: SE	Respond to of 1150

PACKERS PRESS RELEASE 09/07/99 The Green Bay Packers have traded veteran defensive back Craig Newsome to the San Francisco 49ers for a future, undisclosed draft choice, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ron Wolf announced today. A first-round draft selection out of Arizona State in 1995, Newsome had been a three-year starter at left cornerback. He started 38 consecutive games in 1995 and 1996, including playoffs, before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on the first play from scrimmage of the regular season in the Packers' 1997 opener against the Chicago Bears and spending the season on injured reserve. Returning to the field in 1998, he started 13 games at left cornerback in addition to the team's playoff loss to the 49ers. He was inactive for the Packers' three other regular-season contests because of a deep knee laceration suffered in a game at Minnesota November 22. The 28-year-old San Bernardino, Calif., native finished seventh on the team with 51 total tackles, also posting one interception and being credited with 11 passes defensed. Author of a club rookie-record 19 passes defensed as a first-year performer in 1995, he made his first pro touchdown a memorable maneuver when he scooped up an Adam Walker fumble on the 49ers' first play from scrimmage in an NFC divisional playoff contest and raced 31 yards into the end zone to give the Packers a 7-0 lead in an eventual 27-17 upset victory at San Francisco. Newsome followed that productive campaign by registering a career-best and team-high 23 passes defensed in 1996, his second pro season, while posting 71 tackles (61 solos). He went on to record a team-high 7 passes defensed in the playoffs, including interceptions of the 49ers' Elvis Grbac, Carolina's Kerry Collins and the Patriots' Drew Bledsoe in consecutive games, the last of his thefts coming in the Packers' 35-21 Super Bowl XXXI victory over New England. Overall, Newsome started 46 games during his four Green Bay seasons, plus 7 playoff contests, and made 207 tackles (178 unassisted). He also had made 4 interceptions, been credited with 53 passes defensed and one forced fumble. Newsome had started the Packers' first three preseason games this year but was replaced by rookie Antuan Edwards in last week's non-league finale against Miami, Edwards filling in for fellow rookie Mike McKenzie of Memphis State, who has been named the regular-season starter at the position by Head Coach Ray Rhodes. In another transaction, the Packers signed free agent defensive back Tyrone Bell of North Alabama to their practice squad. Bell, 6-2 and 210 pounds, had been a sixth-round selection of the San Diego Chargers in 1999, who placed him on waivers Sunday in their final roster cutdown for the regular season. Bell, who has been assigned jersey number 48, was four-year letter winner and three-year starter as a collegian.