The Green Bay Packers will release tight end, Jimmy Graham, on Thursday, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Graham will become an immediate free agent.

Graham, who turned 33 in November, ranked as the highest-paid tight end in the NFL with an average salary of $10 million and was scheduled to take up the second-most salary-cap space ($11,666,668) in 2020 of any tight end in the league.

Graham's second season with the Packers was barely different than his first. Although respected in the locker room, his on-field impact in 2019 was negligible: 38 catches for 447 yards and three touchdowns.

In his two seasons with the Packers, he scored just five touchdowns, half of what he scored in his final season with the Seattle Seahawks in 2017.

The Packers will save $8 million in salary-cap space without Graham.

A source told ESPN's Rob Demovsky last month that the Packers are expected to pursue tight end Austin Hooper during free agency to bolster the team's offense.

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