The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed 10 players to their practice squad. 2018 practice squad CB Dee Delaney LB Nick DeLuca TE David Grinnage DL Lyndon Johnson WR Allen Lazard QB Tanner Lee OL KC McDermott CB Quenton Meeks S C.J. Reavis RB Brandon Wilds All 10 players were previously with the Jaguars prior to final roster reductions on Saturday, September 1. Below is a look at the 10 players added to the team’s practice squad this afternoon. CB Dee Delaney Registered six tackles, three passes defensed and one interception in the preseason with the Jaguars … Recorded 39 tackles, two pass breakups and one interception in lone season at Miami after transferring from The Citadel .... Appeared in 37 games and totaled 132 tackles, 13 interceptions and 32 passes defensed at the Citadel. LB Nick DeLuca Originally signed with the Jaguars on August 21, 2018 … Won four NCAA Division I FCS national titles as the Bison went 69-6 over his five years in the program … Nominated for the Butkus Award twice, including in 2016 when he was the only FCS nominee … Named a first-team All-American as a redshirt senior in 2017 finishing second on the team in total tackles (74), tackles for loss (10.5) and sacks (6.5) … Led NDSU in tackles in 2015, posting 135 total tackles and tying the school record with 59 solo tackle. TE David Grinnage Spent the entire 2017 season on Jacksonville’s practice squad … Has yet to appear in an NFL game after originally signing as a rookie free agent with Green Bay on April 30, 2016 … Released by the Packers via injury settlement after sustaining an injury during rookie minicamp … A three-year letterman at North Carolina State University, he caught 67 career passes for 798 yards and nine touchdowns. DL Lyndon Johnson Played in all four preseason games with the Jaguars in 2018 and recorded five tackles and 0.5 sacks … Appeared in 26 career games at Cincinnati and totaled 31 tackles (17 solo), four tackles for a loss, three sacks and one forced fumble … Saw action in 11 games in his senior season and totaled 19 tackles (10 solo), one tackle for a loss and two sacks. WR Allen Lazard Spent the entire 2018 preseason with the Jaguars and caught four passes for 46 yards … Appeared in 48 games at Iowa State and totaled 241 receptions for 3,360 yards and 26 touchdowns … Named First-Team All-Big 12 in 2016 and 2017 … Earned MVP and Offensive Player of the Game honors in the Liberty Bowl in his final game … Iowa States career leader in receptions, receiving yards, 100-yard receiving games (12), consecutive 100-yard receiving games (4) and consecutive games with a reception (48) … Started 12 of 13 games in his senior season, leading the team in receptions (71), receiving yards (941), 100-yard receiving games (4) and touchdown catches (10) … His 10-touchdown catches broke ISU’s single-season mark. QB Tanner Lee Drafted in the sixth round (203rd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft … Spent his first two years at Tulane before transferring to Nebraska … Threw for 6,744 yards in 31 career games, finishing with 756 completions and 46 touchdown passes in his college career … Completed 57.5 percent of his passes and threw for 3,143 yards and 23 touchdowns in his lone season as the Huskers’ signal caller, becoming just the fourth Husker to post a 3,000-yard passing season ... His 3,143 passing yards were the most ever by a first-year Husker quarterback, the most in a 12-game season in NU history and ranked third overall in school history ... Started nine games at quarterback as a sophomore at Tulane and threw for 1,639 yards and 11 touchdowns, while completing 52 percent of his passes … Started all 10 of his games in 2014 as a freshman and completed 185-of-336 passes for 1,962 yards and 12 touchdowns ... All of Lee’s passing numbers set Tulane freshman records. OL KC McDermott Spent the entire 2018 training camp and preseason with the Jaguars … Appeared in 40 career games along the offensive line for the Hurricanes and, in his senior season in 2017, was named to the All-ACC Third Team … Started the final 34 games of his career ... Started his senior season at left tackle and helped lead offense to 550-yard performance against Bethune-Cookman in the season opener ... Started nine games at left guard and final four at left tackle as a junior in 2016 … Started six games at left guard and two at right tackle as a sophomore in 2015. CB Quenton Meeks Posted a team-leading 11 tackles (nine solo) and two passes defensed for the Jaguars in the 2018 preseason … Finished his Stanford career with 39 games played, 121 tackles, 25 passes defensed and seven interceptions ... As a junior in 2017, earned All-Pac-12 second team honors, in addition to Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Was named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list and Jim Thorpe Award watch list … Appeared in 14 games played in 2017 and totaled 65 tackles (37 solo), two INTs and eight passes defensed ... All Pac-12 honorable mention as a sophomore in 2016. CB C.J. Reavis Posted eight tackles (all solo) in the 2018 preseason with Jacksonville … In two seasons with Marshall, tallied 123 tackles (42 solo) in 21 games played … Added 5.0 tackles for loss and five passes defensed ... Saw action in 11 games in 2017 and totaled 63 tackles (32 solo), three tackles for a loss and one interception ... Played in nine games, with six starts, before a season-ending injury in 2016, but still ranked fifth on the team in tackles with 69 (23 solo) ... Season-high 15 tackles came in a win against Florida Atlantic ... Played one season at Virginia Tech before transferring to East Mississippi Community College ... Featured on ‘Last Chance U’ series on Netflix that documents the East Mississippi football team. RB Brandon Wilds First-year RB has had NFL stints with the Jaguars, the Cleveland Browns, the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons … Spent the final 15 weeks of the 2017 season on Jacksonville’s practice squad … Appeared in four games with the Jets in 2016 and rushed 10 times for 27 yards … Played in 41 games in his career at South Carolina and totaled 379 carries for 1,844 yards, 13 touchdowns and recorded 59 receptions for 540 yards and three touchdowns.<doc-sep>NFL teams are making many big decisions this weekend as they cut their rosters down to just 53 players. More than 1,100 current NFL players will be left without a job by Saturday afternoon. But, it won’t be the end of the road for them all. Some will be picked up by new teams and some will find their way onto practice squads. Keep track here for all of the big roster cuts and news happening across the NFL in the lead up the 4:00 p.m. ET Saturday roster deadline and 1:00 p.m. ET Sunday start for practice squads to be formed. Follow along with the Bengals-specific cuts here. NFL roster cuts NFL rumors NFL trades<doc-sep>The Jacksonville Jaguars have released their initial 53-man roster for the 2018 NFL season and for the first time in a long time we have confidence going into the season that this team will not only have success, but win their division and go deep into the playoffs. What do you think of the first 53-man roster the Jaguars put out on Saturday afternoon? Quarterbacks Blake Bortles, Cody Kessler Running backs Leonard Fournette, T.J. Yeldon, Corey Grant Fullbacks Tommy Bohannon Wide receivers Donte Moncrief, Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook, DJ Chark, Jaydon Mickens, Rashad Greene Sr. Tight ends Austin Sefarian-Jenkins, Niles Paul, James O’Shaughnessy Offensive linemen Cam Robinson, Andrew Norwell, Brandon Linder, AJ Cann, Jeremy Parnell, Tyler Shatley, Josh Wells, Will Richardson, Chris Reed, Josh Walker Defensive linemen Calais Campbell, Malik Jackson, Marcell Dareus, Yannick Ngakoue, Abry Jones, Taven Bryan, Lerentee McCray, Eli Ankou, Dawuane Smoot, Michael Bennett Linebackers Telvin Smith, Myles Jack, Leon Jacobs, Blair Brown, Donald Payne Cornerbacks Jalen Ramsey, AJ Bouye, DJ Hayden, Tyler Patmon, Tre Herndon Safeties Tashaun Gipson, Barry Church, Ronnie Harrison, Cody Davis, Jarrod Wilson Special teams Josh Lambo Logan Cooke Carson Tinker<doc-sep>
The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced their 2018 NFL roster cuts on Saturday to get down to the regular season 53-man limit. Roster transactions aren’t necessarily done yet, however. In addition to the NFL waiver wire, the Eagles can also still build a 10-man practice squad starting at 1:00 PM ES today on Sunday, September 2. In simple terms, the practice squad consists of 10 extra spots for players to practice with an NFL team but not participate in games. The practice squad is useful for a number of reasons. First, it helps teams hold onto developmental players with upside who aren’t quite yet deserving of a spot on the 53-man roster. Second, it provides the team with extra bodies in practice. That can come in handy when injuries become a problem. Read on for complete details about the NFL practice squad. Practice squad salary Practice squad players earn a minimum of $7,600 per week, which totals $129,200 for all 17 weeks of the regular season. Note that there is no maximum practice squad salary. A team can pay a practice squad player however much they want to entice the player to stay on their practice squad. Practice squad salaries do count against a team’s cap space, however. Eligibility In short, all rookies (draft picks or undrafted) have practice squad eligibility. So do most other young players. The NFL and NFLPA agreed to some practice squads eligibility changes a few years ago in order to make the rules more inclusive. First, a player must have a minimum of six games – up from the current three games – on a Practice Squad in order for that season to count as one of the player’s three permissible seasons of Practice Squad service. Second, each club will be permitted to sign a maximum of two Practice Squad players who have earned no more than two accrued seasons of free agency credit. Absent this exception, a player who has earned one or more accrued seasons would not be eligible for a Practice Squad unless the player spent fewer than nine games on a club’s 46-player active list in each of his accrued seasons. All other practice squad rules under Article 33 of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement will remain in effect during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. (Article 33: The Practice Squad shall consist of the following players, provided that they have not served more than two previous seasons on a Practice Squad: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience; and (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s). An otherwise eligible player may be a Practice Squad player for a third season only if the Club by which he is employed that season has at least 53 players on its Active/Inactive List during the entire period of his employment.) Who will be on the Eagles practice squad? The Eagles’ practice squad will mostly consist of young players they released yesterday. A few spots might be used on players from other rosters. Guessing what the Eagles’ 10-man practice squad: QB Christian Hackenberg, RB Josh Adams, WR Rashard Davis, TE Billy Brown, OL Darrell Greene, DE Danny Ezechukwu, DT Aziz Shittu, LB Kyle Wilson, CB Chandon Sullivan, S Jeremy Reaves Some of these players might be claimed on waivers before the Eagles can sign them back to their practice squad. Something to keep an eye on. Practice squad rules