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          Despite cast, Packers rookie Vince Biegel says hand isn't broken

          Fourth-round pick Vince Biegel hurt his hand Friday but appears to have avoided serious injury. Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire
          • Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterMay 6, 2017, 07:15 PM
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              Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.
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          GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Yes, Vince Biegel practiced with a club on his left hand Saturday. But, no, the Green Bay Packers' fourth-round pick said he did not break any bones.

          The outside linebacker from Wisconsin appears to have dodged anything major after he left the first practice of rookie camp on Friday after he sustained a hand injury.

          Coach Mike McCarthy said Biegel practiced with a club on his hand, but it wasn’t anything like the massive cast that Packers outside linebacker Nick Perry played with for several weeks late last season when he broke his hand.

          “This is just a little cast I had today,” Biegel said, pointing to the contraption in his locker that he wore for Saturday's workout. “So it wasn’t anything serious.”

          Biegel said X-rays taken Friday did not show any broken bones, and he wasn't wearing any protection while he spoke in the locker room after practice.

          “This was just a precaution,” he said.

          The Packers wrapped up their rookie camp on Saturday. The rookies will return to Green Bay on May 22 for the start of OTAs. The veteran players will be here next week without the rookies.