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NFL Workout Updates: 9/19/17

September 19th, 2017 at 9:35pm CST by Dallas Robinson

Today’s workout updates:

Carolina Panthers

T Laurence Gibson; CB Tevin Homer (Twitter link via Howard Balzer)

Chicago Bears

QBs Garrett Grayson and Bart Houston; WRs Marlon Brown, Bug Howard, Kyle Prater, Tevaun Smith, Daniel Williams, and James Wright; TE D.J. Tialavea; C Mark Spelman; T Givens Price; LBs Carl Bradford and Shayne Skov; DTs Stefan Charles, Mike Purcell, and Nick Williams (Link via Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune)

Dallas Cowboys

OLs Michael Dunn, Jake Eldrenkamp, Kaleb Johnson, and Jarron Jones; LB Tre’Von Johnson; DT Caraun Reid, CBs Chris Lewis-Harris, JaCorey Shepherd, D’Joun Smith, and Ian Wells (Twitter link via Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News)

Green Bay Packers

QB Jerod Evans; RB Algeron Brown; WRs C.J. Board, Alonzo Moore, and Jordan Williams; TE Ryan O’Malley; DTs Jeremy Faulk and Joey Ivie (Link via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com)

Jacksonville Jaguars

DTs Ryan Carrethers, John Hughes, and Cam Thomas (Twitter link via Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union)

Kansas City Chiefs

LB Garrett Sickels; CBs Makinton Dorleant and Ezra Robinson (Twitter link via Adam Caplan)

Miami Dolphins

LB Zaviar Gooden (Twitter link via Caplan)

New York Jets

WRs Corey Brown, Josh Huff and Paul Turner; G Robert Myers; DL Stefan Charles, Datone Jones, Alex McCalister, and Joby Saint Fleur; CBs Malik Foreman and D.J. Killings; S Jordan Moore. (Twitter links via Tom Pelissero of NFL.com, Caplan, Balzer (1, 2) and Wilson)

San Francisco 49ers

OL Willie Beavers, Wil Freeman, Laurence Gibson, and Max Rich (Twitter link via Caplan and Balzer)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

CB Randall Evans (Twitter link via Caplan)

Minor NFL Transactions: 9/18/17

September 18th, 2017 at 7:02pm CST by Dallas Robinson

Today’s minor moves:

Jacksonville Jaguars

Released from IR: DB Doran Grant

Los Angeles Rams

Promoted to active roster: CB Kevin Peterson
Waived: OL Aaron Neary

New England Patriots

Released from IR: DB D.J. Killings

New York Giants

Promoted to active roster: LB Curtis Grant
Waived: WR Tavarres King

Patriots Reach 53-Man Max

September 2nd, 2017 at 8:16pm CST by Zachary Links

The Patriots made a massive amount of cuts on Saturday to reach the 53-man limit. Most of the cuts were expected, but there were a few surprises in the bunch.

Released:

OL Jamil Douglas
OL James Ferentz
RB D.J. Foster
LB Jonathan Freeny
DL Geneo Grissom
DL Woodrow Hamilton
OL Ted Karras
DL Darius Kilgo
TE James O’Shaughnessy
WR Tony Washington

Waived:

LB Trevor Bates
FB Glenn Gronkowski
WR Devin Lucien
WR K.J. Maye
DL Josh Augusta
DL Michael Bart
WR Austin Carr
TE Sam Cotton
RB LeShun Daniels
LB Brooks Ellis
WR Cody Hollister
DB David Jones
DB D.J. Killings
OL Jason King
DB Will Likely
OL Conor McDermott
DB Kenny Moore II
OL Max Rich
DB Jason Thompson
DB Damarius Travis
LB Nick Usher

Karras was widely projected to be the team’s top backup on the interior line, so his release comes as a surprise. The 24-year-old was drafted by the Pats in the sixth round of the 2016 draft and played in all 16 regular season games last year. He also appeared in all three playoff games as a reserve.

O’Shaughnessy, acquired via trade in April, was competing for the third tight end spot. The 6-foot-4, 245-pounder has played in 23 NFL games with six starts.

Patriots Add 19 UDFAs

May 5th, 2017 at 5:22pm CST by Connor J. Byrne

Along with the previously reported signings of BYU linebacker Harvey Langi and Central Florida defensive back D.J. Killings, the Patriots announced 17 other undrafted free agent pickups Friday. Here they are:

Josh Augusta, DT (Missouri)
Adam Butler, DT (Vanderbilt)
Austin Carr, WR (Northwestern)
Cole Croston, OT (Iowa)
LeShun Daniels, RB (Iowa)
Brooks Ellis, LB (Arkansas)
Cody Hollister, WR (Arkansas)
Jacob Hollister, TE (Wyoming)
Andrew Jelks, OT (Vanderbilt)
David Jones, DB (Richmond)
Jason King, G (Purdue)
Kenny Moore, DB (Valdosta State)
Max Rich, OT (Harvard)
Dwayne Thomas, DB (LSU)
Jason Thompson, DB (Utah)
Damarius Travis, DB (Minnesota)
Corey Vereen, DE (Tennessee)

Patriots Sign D.J. Killings

May 1st, 2017 at 11:37am CST by Zachary Links

The Patriots gave UCF defensive back D.J. Killings a $20K guarantee plus an $11K bonus to sign, Tom Pelissero of USA Today tweets. That’s among the highest bonuses doled out to UDFAs so far.

Killings bounced back from an injury-riddled 2015 season to start in all 13 games for UCF last season and had 42 tackles, three tackles for a loss, one sack, and 11 pass break-ups. A solid performance at his Pro Day (4.48 40-yard-dash; 37.5 inch vertical jump) put him in the mix to get drafted, but he was ultimately passed on 253 times.

The Patriots wound up with only four draft picks in total last week, so they’re perhaps putting a greater emphasis on UDFAs than most teams.