GREEN BAY, Wis. – Brayden Narveson might not have been the happiest person in his own family when the Green Bay Packers claimed him off waivers to make him their kicker.

The move represented a homecoming for Narveson’s wife. Shelby Narveson grew up with a family full of Packers fans in Prescott, Wisconsin, just east of the Minnesota border and about 270 miles west of Green Bay.

“She’s like, ‘I’m going to be the coolest person in my hometown,’” Narveson said.

He went 6 of 7 on field-goal attempts with a long of 59 in a preseason audition with the Tennessee Titans, who are sticking with Nick Folk as their kicker this season. The Packers figured Narveson was a better option than incumbent Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph, who competed for the job in training camp.

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Narveson praised the Titans for giving him a preseason opportunity. Even as he prepared to spend this season on Tennessee’s practice squad, Narveson said Titans officials were letting him know there was a possibility he’d get claimed.

He ended up with the Packers, to his wife’s delight. The Narvesons got married this summer in Mexico.

“When I called and told her I got claimed by the Packers, she was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Narveson said. “She hung the phone up and called her parents immediately. So, she was probably more excited than I was but, obviously, very thankful for me, as well.”

Narveson will make his NFL regular-season debut Friday when the Packers open their season against the Philadelphia Eagles in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Although he still hasn’t attempted a field goal in an NFL game that counts, Narveson has made a positive first impression on his new team. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he’s seen enough from Narveson in two practices to feel confident in him.

“I just like his approach, his mentality,” LaFleur said. “I can’t wait to see what happens in the game.”

Green Bay represents the latest stop for the well-traveled Narveson, who spent time at four different schools during his six-year college career. He spent two seasons at Iowa State and briefly transferred to San Diego before playing three seasons at Western Kentucky. He finished up at N.C. State last year.

“People can look at me and say that, ‘Oh, what is he doing? He’s going to four schools, this, that, and the other,’” Narveson said. “But ultimately I think it prepared me really, really well. It was like an NFL journey, you know? You go in, you compete. You go in and compete. You go in and every time I was at a new school I had to win a whole new audience over. And I had to go compete against new guys, right?

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“So it just put me in a whole new frame of mind that every single day matters and every single time you step up on the field when you’re between those white lines, you’ve got be focused and you’ve got to win the job.”

Narveson said playing at N.C. State last year helped get him ready for the NFL because he faced the pressure of taking over for Christopher Dunn, who had won the Lou Groza Award a year earlier as college football’s top kicker.

He responded by going 18 of 23 on field-goal attempts last year and setting a school record with his 57-yarder against Duke.

Now he’s dealing with even more pressure as he begins his NFL career on a team with Super Bowl aspirations. The Packers had one of the league’s most stable kicking situations when Mason Crosby held the job from 2007-22 and became the franchise’s career leading scorer.

Carlson struggled while trying to take over for Crosby as a rookie last year. The Packers are hoping Narveson can become more of a long-term solution.

“If somebody tells you they’re not nervous, there’s no pressure, they’re lying to you or they don’t care, in my opinion,” Narveson said. “I think there’s always pressure. Pressure’s a privilege, in my opinion. Pressure means that you’ve done the right things at the right time to show everybody how hard you’ve worked. That’s how I feel about it.”

In college women’s volleyball, Milwaukee is the place to be Sunday and Monday..

Three of the top five teams in the country will be here for the State Farm Showcase. Fiserv Forum hosts four top programs: No. 1 Texas, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 5 Stanford and No, 18 Minnesota.

Wisconsin, Texas and Stanford have combined for six national titles since 2016. The Badgers face the two-time defending champion Longhorns Sunday morning and Stanford Monday afternoon.

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All four matches will be nationally televised. Here’s how to watch Wisconsin volleyball:

What channel is Wisconsin vs. Texas today?

Wisconsin vs Texas will broadcast nationally on Fox.

Wisconsin vs. Texas time today

• Date: Sunday, Sept . 1
• Start time: 11:30 a.m. CT

The Wisconsin vs Texas match starts at 11:30 a.m. from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

What channel is Wisconsin vs. Stanford Monday?

Wisconsin vs Stanford will broadcast nationally on Fox.

Wisconsin vs. Stanford start time

• Date: Monday, Sept 2
• Start time: 4:30 p.m. CT

The Wisconsin vs Stanford match starts at 4:30 p.m. Monday from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

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A Chicago-area college student, who was a gymnast at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, was shot and killed in an apartment late Friday night, Whitewater police said.

Kara Welsh, 21, of Plainfield, Illinois, was found with multiple gunshot wounds when police responded to an apartment at around 11:54 p.m. in the 100 block of Whitewater Street, police said.

Police said late Saturday a 23-year-old man had been taken into custody on charges of first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed. An altercation occurred between Welsh and the unidentified suspect prior to the shooting, police revealed.

UW-Whitewater Chancellor Corey King announced Welsh’s death in a message to the campus community, writing she was majoring in management at the College of Business and Economics and a standout member of the Warhawk gymnastics team.

“We know the news of Kara’s death is heartbreaking for our close-knit university community,” he said, in part. “It is a time when we are all called upon to support one another, to process, and to grieve.”

UW-Whitewater Warhawk Athletics posted about Welsh’s death on Facebook, saying, “Our hearts are broken with the tragic loss of one of our own, UW-Whitewater Warhawk Gymnastics senior Kara Welsh.”