Receiver Davante Adams said he met Starr a couple of times. It was late in Starr’s life, but Adams said they were great encounters.
Adams already knew plenty about Starr before meeting him. He first realized the presence Starr continued to have on the Packers before ever playing a snap.
“They called me on draft day,” Adams said, “and asked me what number I wore, and I wore 15 in college, and I told them 15. And they gave me a pretty crazy, awkward pause. And I’m like, ’15.’ And they’re like, ‘Uh, there’s a guy by the name of Bart Starr who played here.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, no disrespect. I didn’t realize it.’
“So that was the first interaction that we kind of had. I ended up telling him about that later on, too. So, obviously, everybody’s sad around here. Hopefully, we can all move on at some point and keep him in our hearts."