"What a rocky, crazy road for him," Rodgers said. "To come in, very little expectations, then he has a hell of a preseason, he scores the long touchdown, he dives in the end zone, hurts his shoulder and he goes on (injured reserve). There was a time when I think a lot of us thought he might not come off.

"When he's out there, he makes plays. I just think he's such a good guy, good teammate. He practices the right way. He's been around. He's been cut by a number of teams. Just his story is so incredible. It was fun to be able to get him his first touchdown."

The score came at a crucial time for the Packers, who were trailing 14-0 when Kumerow sliced between Jets defenders Trumaine Johnson and Brandon Copeland at the line of scrimmage en route to catching a wide-open pass and turning upfield.

Kumerow likely would have been on the Packers' Week 1 roster had it not been for a shoulder injury he sustained diving into the end zone on an 82-yard touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Green Bay's second preseason game.

Instead, he had to bide his time and hope the Packers would use one of their two designations to return a player from IR. Since his activation earlier this month, Kumerow has played a handful of offensive snaps here and there.

However, the 6-foot-4, 209-pound receiver hadn't seen a sizeable workload until Sunday against the Jets (57 offensive snaps). With Randall Cobb out with a concussion and Equanimeous St. Brown in the locker room, Kumerow was on the field for nearly every play of the Packers' comeback.