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Green Bay - With the players set to gather Monday for the first time since the end of the 2015 season, the Green Bay Packers will welcome back an old face and wait on bringing back another.

Tackle Don Barclay, an unrestricted free agent, will re-sign with the team and take part in the off-season workout program that begins Monday. A source said that Barclay had returned to town and the indication he was given was that the fifth-year veteran was being re-signed.

At the same time, the Packers have not made a committment to bring back veteran fullback John Kuhn, also an unrestricted free agent. Kuhn's agent, Kevin Gold, said he continues to talk with the Packers as well as other teams, but that no decision on the fullback's future was imminent.

Counting Barclay, the Packers will have 62 players signed to their off-season roster. The remaining 28 spots will mostly be filled with draft picks and rookie free agents.

Barclay, signed as an undrafted free agent in 2012, has played in 46 regular-season games with 23 starts, mostly at right tackle. This past season, Barclay was forced to start at both tackle spots and struggled mightly, surrending a team-high nine sacks playing 32.6% of the offensive snaps (including playoffs).

The Packers are hoping being another year removed from a torn ACL he suffered in the summer of 2014 will help him return to the form he showed his first two seasons when he started 18 regular-season games and was considered a top backup.

Kuhn, a 10-year veteran, turns 34 in September. However, he did not relinquish the full-time fullback job despite the Packers' selection of Aaron Ripkowski in the sixth round of the 2015 draft.

Despite carrying just nine times for 28 yards and two touchdowns and catching six passes for 56 yards, Kuhn was a first alternate to the Pro Bowl and wound up being an injury replacement in the game. He played in 23.4% of the offensive snaps and 34.8% of special teams snaps.

The Packers do not have any fullbacks other than Ripkowski on the roster.