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Following his college career, Warner went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft.

He was invited to try out for the Green Bay Packers ' training camp in 1994, but was released before the regular season began ; Warner was competing for a spot against Brett Favre, Mark Brunell and former Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer.

While Warner was with the Packers, the head coach was Mike Holmgren and the quarterback coach was Steve Mariucci.

After Warner was released, Mariucci had told him that he knew Warner had enormous potential but was not ready to be an NFL quarterback yet.