The busiest roster day throughout the NFL is here, and it’s not the start of free agency or the draft. Teams have to trim their 90-man rosters to 53 by 4 p.m. ET, creating the initial 53-man rosters around the league ahead of the start of the season in less than two weeks.
Based on trimming their rosters from 90 to 53, 37 players are being cut from each team — meaning 1,182 players around the league will have been waived by this afternoon. Teams are required to have 53 players on their active roster, but the players released still have an opportunity to be part of the 69-man roster.
This is possible via the practice squad, as teams can have a maximum of 16 players on their practice squad with one exception. If a team has a player from the International Pathway Program on its roster, it can keep 17 players. So teams can have a maximum number of players on their roster (53 active, 16 practice squad, 1 international pathway).
Players with less than four accrued seasons need to pass through the waiver wire in order to become unrestricted free agents. The NFL defines an accrued season as six or more games on either a team’s 53-man roster, injured reserve, or the physically unable to perform list. Players that have four or more accrued seasons are immediately free agents and can sign with a team at any time.
For the players with less than four years of accrued service time, teams have until noon ET on Wednesday to make a claim for a player. Essentially, teams have 20 hours to make a claim — if they so choose.
Here are all the players released heading up to the initial 53-man roster deadline, which we’ll continue to update:
- CB Darren Hall
- WR Kelly Akharaiyi
- WR Andre Baccellia
- CB Ekow Boye-Doe
- TE Oscar Cardenas
- OL McClendon Curtis
- CB Steven Gilmore
- DL Patrick Jenkins
- LB Vi Jones
- OL Roy Mbaeteka
- WR Nate McCollum
- OL Dohnovan West
- LB Benton Whitley
- TE Baylor Cupp
- OT Reid Holskey
- CB M.J. Devonshire
- WR Ja’seem Reed
- TE Bryce Pierre
- QB Jack Plummer
- CB Shemar Bartholomew
- CB Michael Reid
- LB Maz Mwansa
- LB Krys Barnes
- DT Sam Roberts
- RB Raheem Blackshear
- S Trevian Thomas
- EDGE Jared Harrison-Hunte
- OL Jarrett Kingston
- QB Bryce Perkins
- LB Jon Rhattigan
- OLB Boogie Basham
- OL Michael Tarquin
- OL Brandon Walton
- RB Emani Bailey
- RB Kayron Lynch-Adams
- WR Kobe Hudson
- WR Jacolby George
- WR T.J. Luther
- TE Dominique Dafney
- OL Steven Losoya
- OL Luke Kandra
- LB J.J. Weaver
- LB Jacoby Windmon
- CB JaTravis Broughton
- CB Mello Dotson
- CB Tre Swilling
- S Jack Henderson
- S Isaac Gifford
- K Matthew Wright
- OL Ja’Tyre Carter
- WR Hunter Renfrow
- QB Payton Thorne
- QB Desmond Ridder
- OT Andrew Coker
- RB Quali Conley
- WR Cole Burgess
- WR Rashod Owens
- G Andrew Steuber
- C Andrew Raym
- DT Taven Bryan
- NT McTelvin Agim
- LB Craig Young
- CB Nate Brooks
- CB Lance Robinson
- S Shaquan Loyal
- S Sam Franklin Jr.
- LB Garret Wallow
- WR Joaquin Davis
- G Xavier Truss
- G Clay Webb
- DT Michael Dwumfour
- LB JB Brown
- LB Andrew Farmer
- DB Micah Abraham
- DB Gregory Junior
- DB Joshua Pickett
- QB Sean Clifford
- WR Mecole Hardman
- QB Taylor Elgersma
- LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson
- RB Jalen White
- WR Kawaan Baker
- DB Isaiah Dunn
- CB Chris Lammons
- TE Jelani Woods
- QB Bailey Zappe
- DT Marlon Tuipulotu
- S Mike Edwards
- WR Marquez Callaway
- WR Phillip Dorsett
- WR Ketron Jackson Jr.
- WR Collin Johnson
- TE Qadir Ismail
- OT Gottlieb Ayedze
- OT Parker Clements
- C Jarrod Hufford
- DE Andre Carter II
- DE Jah Joyner
- DT Tank Booker
- DT Keondre Coburn
- LB Michael Barrett
- LB Amari Gainer
- LB Jaylon Smith
- CB John Humphrey
- CB Sam Webb
- S Hudson Clark
- LS Zach Triner
- RB Damien Martinez
- DT Wy’Kevious Thomas
- S Jerrick Reed II
- LB Tyreke Smith
- WR Xavier Restrepo
- TE Josh Whyle
- QB Trevor Siemian
- WR James Proche
- LB Khaleke Hudson
- EDGE Andre Jones
- DT Carl Davis
- CB Car’lin Vigers
- WR Chris Moore
- WR K.J. Osborn
- DL Jayln Holmes
- G Julian Good-Jones
- EDGE Clelin Ferrell
- QB Sam Hartman
- CB Essang Bassey
- WR Michael Gallup
- C Nick Harris
- OT Tyre Phillips
- DT Norell Pollard
- WR Braylon Sanders