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Vikings Sign 19 UDFAs

By | at April 28, 2026 7:58 pm

The Vikings had six UDFAs make at least 10 appearances in 2025 (WR Myles Price, LB Tyler Batty, LB Chaz Chambliss, OL Joe Huber, TE Ben Yurosek, LB Austin Keys). The team will be hoping for similar success in 2026, as Minnesota has added 19 undrafted free agents to their squad. The list includes:

Of the 19 Vikings signings, four of them came at the wide receiver position. Georgia Southern’s Marcus Sanders Jr. is coming off the most productive 2025 campaign of the bunch, as the wideout hauled in 50 catches for 797 yards and five touchdowns. He entered the season having tallied only 35 catches through his first three collegiate seasons.

Luke Wysong is another intriguing addition. The receiver had a standout campaign at New Mexico in 2024, finishing with 840 receiving yards. However, his counting stats took a step back after he transferred to Arizona for the 2025 campaign, when he finished with only 278 receiving yards. Any of the UDFAs could push for a roster spot in a WRs room that lacks convincing depth behind Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.

Interestingly, the Vikings added one of college football’s top punters in Brett Thorson. The Georgia product is coming off a 2025 campaign where he earned the Ray Guy Award, given to the nation’s top player at the position. Thorson finished the campaign placing 23 punts inside the 20 while averaging 4.38 seconds of hang time. He’ll be joining a depth chart that’s currently led by Johnny Hekker. The veteran signed with the Vikings last month following a 2025 campaign in Tennessee that saw him average 40.3 net yards per punt.

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Rams Add 18 UDFAs

By | at April 28, 2026 6:34 pm

The Rams only selected five players during this past weekend’s draft, but they’re not being shy about adding undrafted free agents to their squad. The team announced the signing of 18 UDFAs:

The Rams had one of the most notable selections of the draft when they selected Alabama QB Ty Simpson, but the team wasn’t done adding players at the position, as the organization has brought in Texas signal caller Matthew Caldwell. The quarterback bounced around during his collegiate career, taking snaps at Jacksonville State, Gardner-Webb, Troy, and Texas. He got his most extended look while playing for the Trojans, as he finished that 2024 campaign completing 63.2 percent of his passes for 1,608 yards, 13 touchdowns, and eight interceptions. He only had 11 pass attempts during his lone season with the Longhorns.

Houston’s Dean Connors could compete for a roster spot behind Kyren Williams and Blake Corum on the RBs depth chart. Connors scored 21 touchdowns at Rice between 2023 and 2024 before transferring to Houston in 2025. He finished this past season with a career-high 977 rushing yards to go along with 254 receiving yards. He ultimately found the end zone nine times. He’ll be competing with the likes of Ronnie Rivers and Jarquez Hunter for a roster spot.

Nick Andersen is coming off back-to-back standout seasons at Wake Forest. The safety finished the 2024 campaign with 122 tackles, and he followed that up with 106 stops in 2025. Notably, he took his pass-rush and run-stopping ability to another level this past year, finishing with 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. He also finished with seven passes defended. Andersen will likely have to show some special teams prowess to make the initial 53, but he could get some run on defense should any veterans suffer injuries.

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Cardinals Sign Seven UDFAs

By | at April 28, 2026 5:34 pm

The Cardinals had a relatively standard draft, as the organization left the weekend with seven rookies. The team has now doubled that rookie class by agreeing to deals with seven undrafted free agents. That grouping includes:

Harrison Wallace III got a significant chunk of money to join Arizona. Per Aaron Wilson of KPRC2 in Houston, the Ole Miss wideout got a $40K signing bonus and $247.5K in salary for a total of $287.5K in guaranteed money. Following a breakout campaign with Penn State in 2024, Wallace took his production to another level during his lone season with the Rebels. The receiver hauled in 57 catches for 894 yards and four touchdowns. He’ll be competing for a spot on a depth chart that includes free agent acquisition Kendrick Bourne and rookie fifth-round pick Reggie Virgil.

Wilson also passed along financials on Ka’ena De Cambra‘s deal with the Cardinals, noting that the offensive lineman earned a $5K signing bonus along with having $50K of his base salary guaranteed. After starting his collegiate career at Hawaii, De Cambra spent the 2025 campaign at Arizona, where he appeared in 12 games. The Cardinals only used one pick on the offensive line this past weekend, selecting Mississippi’s Jayden Williams in the seventh round.

Wydett Williams Jr. may have the best shot of the UDFA class to make the 53-man roster. Budda Baker is fully entrenched atop the depth chart at strong safety, but former UDFA Kitan Crawford represents the only depth behind him. Williams is coming off a standout season at Ole Miss where he compiled 73 stops, three interceptions, and 10 passes defended.

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Lions To Exercise Jahmyr Gibbs’ Fifth-Year Option, Decline Jack Campbell’s

By | at April 28, 2026 5:09 pm

The Lions picked twice in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft, meaning they have a pair of fifth-year option decisions to make by May 1. The team plans to exercise running back Jahmyr Gibbs‘ option, but it will decline linebacker Jack Campbell‘s, Dan Miller of Fox2 Detroit reports.

Gibbs and Campbell have turned into stars at their respective positions since entering the league. However, saying yes to Gibbs’ option was much more of a slam-dunk choice for Detroit. The former 12th overall pick will lock in a 2027 salary of $14.29MM salary, which is reasonable for an elite back who has already earned three Pro Bowl nods.

The dual-threat Gibbs has found the end zone a whopping 49 times (39 rushing, 10 receiving) in as many games. A two-time 1,200-yard rusher, Gibbs has averaged a robust 5.3 YPC on 675 attempts. Gibbs is also fresh off a 77-catch season, easily surpassing the respectable 52 he totaled in each of his first two years.

Campbell came off the board 18th overall, six picks after Gibbs, and has evolved into a high-level off-linebacker. Unfortunately for Campbell, though, the NFL continues to group off-ball LBs and pass-rushing LBs together for valuation purposes. Teams do not value them equally, evidenced by the fact that no club has picked up an off-ball LB’s option since the Buccaneers did it for Devin White in 2022. The Lions will not snap the four-year streak despite Campbell’s successful development.

A former Iowa standout, Campbell has not missed a game in three seasons. Campbell thrived in a career year in 2025, during which he set personal bests in tackles (176), TFL (nine), sacks (five) and forced fumbles (three) en route to his first Pro Bowl selection and All-Pro honors. The original-ballot Pro Bowl bid upped the value of his option to $21.93MM, which the Lions deemed too rich. The 49ers’ Fred Warner and the Ravens’ Roquan Smith are the only off-LBs making at least $20MM per year.

While the Lions are not yet guaranteed to keep Campbell around beyond next season, there is optimism a long-term agreement will come together. He is “absolutely” in the Lions’ plans, per Miller. For now, Campbell, tight end Sam LaPorta and safety Brian Branch are among Lions core players who are due to reach free agency next year.

The Lions will keep Gibbs around for a minimum of two more seasons, but they could still try to hammer out an extension after picking up his option. A new Gibbs pact would “easily” check in at over $15MM per year, according to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. Only three backs – the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley ($20.6MM), the 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey ($19MM) and the Ravens’ Derrick Henry ($15MM) – are averaging that much money per annum. The 24-year-old Gibbs may join them soon.

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Chargers To Pick Up Quentin Johnston’s Fifth-Year Option

By | at April 28, 2026 3:19 pm

With the May 1 deadline for fifth-year option decisions looming, the Chargers have made their choice on wide receiver Quentin Johnston. They are picking up his option, Daniel Popper of The Athletic reports. Johnston is now in line to earn $18.1MM in 2027.

[RELATED: Fifth-Year Option Tracker]

Johnston entered the offseason as a potential trade candidate, but general manager Joe Hortiz revealed in mid-April that he had neither received nor made calls on the 6-foot-2, 208-pounder. Hortiz and head coach Jim Harbaugh were not in place when the Chargers selected Johnston 21st overall in 2023, but they have seen enough positives to keep the TCU product around through his fifth season.

Johnston’s career got off to a disappointing start in 2023, a 38-catch, 431-yard, two-touchdown effort in which he struggled with drops. The Chargers fired head coach Brandon Staley during what wound up as a 5-12 campaign. They brought in their current regime in the ensuing offseason, and Johnston has offered much better production since then.

Although Johnston missed two games in his second year, he still easily eclipsed the numbers he put up during a full rookie season. He hauled in 55 passes for 711 yards and eight touchdowns, giving quarterback Justin Herbert a quality complement to then-rookie sensation Ladd McConkey. Despite logging three more absences in 2025, Johnston managed his second straight eight-TD season. He racked up 51 receptions for a career-high 735 yards along the way.

Johnston finished closely behind McConkey and Keenan Allen in yards last season. Allen is still unsigned almost two months into free agency, and it is unclear whether the Chargers will bring back the franchise icon. Even if Allen goes elsewhere or retires, the Chargers appear to have a strong group of receivers entering Mike McDaniel‘s first season as their offensive coordinator. Along with Johnston and McConkey, the Bolts count 2025 second-rounder Tre Harris, 2025 fifth-rounder KeAndre Lambert-Smith and 2026 fourth-rounder Brenen Thompson among their options. All of those players are under team control for at least two more seasons.

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Steelers Expected To Re-Sign DT Dean Lowry

By | at April 28, 2026 11:57 am

APRIL 28: Lowy will not be re-signing at this time, per Rapoport. More time will be taken for him to return to playing shape. Lowry has received medical clearance, but he did not take a physical upon agreeing to a new Pittsburgh pact. Once that changes, his next Steelers deal should be finalized.

APRIL 26: The Steelers are re-signing veteran defensive tackle Dean Lowry, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Lowry, 31, spent the last two years in Pittsburgh, but did not play in 2025 due to a torn ACL suffered in training camp. That was one of several injuries to the Steelers’ defensive line last year; Derrick Harmon, Isaiahh Loudermilk, and Daniel Ekuale all missed multiple games as well.

Originally a Packers fourth-round pick in 2016, Lowry emerged as a starter in his second NFL season. After his third, he received a three-year, $20.3MM contract extension that carried him through the rest of his time in Green Bay. He hit free agency in 2023 and signed a two-year, $8.5MM deal with the Vikings. He went down with a pectoral injury after just nine games and spent the rest of the season on injured reserve.

Lowry then signed a two-year, $5MM contract with the Steelers, but could not carve out more than a rotational role in their defense. He appeared in 12 games in 2024 with a 21% snap share with just five total tackles (none for loss) and one sack.

The Steelers bolstered their defensive line this offseason by signing Sebastian Joseph-Day to a two-year, $11MM deal while allowing Loudermilk and Ekuale to hit free agency. Retaining Lowry ensures some more veteran continuity – and indicates his recovery process has gone smoothly. Eight months removed his injury, he has a chance to participate in spring practices and should be ready for training camp.

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Eagles Exercise DT Jalen Carter’s Fifth-Year Option

By | at April 27, 2026 11:22 pm

Both the Eagles’ 2023 first-round picks will see their fifth-year options exercised. With Nolan Smith‘s 2027 salary now fully guaranteed, The Athletic’s Zach Berman reports Jalen Carter‘s will be as well.

Carter’s 2027 compensation will be more than double Smith’s expected option number, being a two-time Pro Bowler. Players chosen for two more more Pro Bowls on the original ballot match the franchise tag value at their positions. The defensive tackle tag came in at $27.13MM this year. Teams have until 3pm CT on Friday to exercise options on 2023 first-rounders.

Carter, Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon, Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers are eligible for the top option tier at their respective positions among the 2023 draftees. Carter and Flowers’ prices lead the pack among ’23 first-rounders, surpassing even the numbers going to C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young. Flowers’ $27.3MM number leads the way, as the wide receiver franchise tag checked in just north of the D-tackle number this year.

Although Carter came into the NFL with considerable baggage — which allowed the Eagles to land the impact defender at No. 9 overall — he has delivered, becoming one of the league’s top D-tackles. Carter earned Pro Bowl invites in 2024 and ’25, boosting his option price. He earned second-team All-Pro acclaim in 2024, as he helped the Eagles to a Super Bowl LIX rout despite Fletcher Cox retiring the previous offseason. The Eagles have moved on from Josh Sweat, Haason Reddick and Jaelan Phillips; Carter, however, figures to be prioritized in the way Jordan Davis was when he signed a March extension.

The Eagles gave Davis a three-year, $78MM extension. Because Carter is a three technique responsible for backfield disruption, he may become the candidate to unseat Chris Jones atop the NFL’s D-tackle salary hierarchy. Jones has held that distinction since signing a five-year, $158.75MM Chiefs deal in March 2024. The Bengals gave Dexter Lawrence a one-year, $28MM extension to bridge the gap between Jones and the field. But Davis sits as the next-closest DT on a multiyear accord.

Carter’s asking price figures to be lofty, pointing to a future in which the Eagles have two players among the top-five DT earners. Jones signed his latest Chiefs contract when the cap stood at $255.4MM; it now resides at $301.2MM, providing Carter’s camp with more ammo. Even though Carter came into the league with baggage and was effectively suspended for a game — being ejected before the Cowboys’ first offensive play on opening night last year — for spitting on Dak Prescott, he has become a cornerstone player for the Eagles.

A January report suggested Davis and Carter were atop Howie Roseman‘s extension priority list. The Eagles have been known to act early on deals, as their O-line dealings and the 2024 DeVonta Smith extension (the first Round 1 wide receiver extended with two rookie-deal years left on a contract in the option era) illustrated. Acting this offseason with Carter would make sense, as the cap — based on recent growth — will likely be north of $320MM in 2027. Carter could also boost his case for a deal well beyond $30MM per year with an All-Pro-caliber season.

The Eagles traded up one spot for Carter in 2023, with the Bears sliding down to No. 10 and drafting All-Pro right tackle Darnell Wright. Viewed as perhaps the 2023 class’ top talent, Carter fell due to character concerns. A handful of teams passed on Carter after he was hit with misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing. These charges came in connection with the accident that killed Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy on Jan. 15, 2023 (LeCroy and Willock were in a separate vehicle). Carter reached a plea deal in this case, avoiding jail time, but some teams removed him from their draft boards as a result of the accident.

Beyond the spitting incident, Carter has avoided controversy in the NFL. He finished with six sacks as a rookie and totaled 4.5 (to go with a career-high 12 tackles for loss) in 2024. ESPN’s pass rush win rate metric ranked Carter fourth in 2024 and 18th in 2025. He missed more time in 2025 because of procedures on both shoulders. The Eagles did not place Carter on IR, though, and he returned in Week 17. The 2025 absences are unlikely to impact a Carter extension push.

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Minor NFL Transactions: 4/27/26

By | at April 27, 2026 10:26 pm

NFL teams have begun making roster adjustments following the conclusion of the 2026 draft. Here are the latest moves:

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Received international exemption: OL Kilian Zierer

New England Patriots

  • Waived: WR John Jiles, TE Marshall Lang

New Orleans Saints

New York Giants

Pittsburgh Steelers

Seattle Seahawks

San Francisco 49ers

Gill was a Bears seventh-round pick in 2022 who ranked among the league’s bottom 10 punters during his first two seasons in Chicago. He then served as one of the Buccaneers’ three punters in 2024 and did not sign with another team until joining Atlanta’s practice squad this past January. He then signed a reserve/futures contract with the Falcons. Former Patriots All-Pro Jake Bailey then arrived in March on a three-year, $9MM deal, solidifying the team’s punter situation in 2026 and resulting in Gill’s release.

Leal never lived up to his third-round draft billing in Pittsburgh, appearing in just 32 games with one sack and three tackles for loss across the last four seasons. He signed a reserve/futures contract with the Giants in January, but he was deemed surplus to requirements after defensive line additions in free agency and the draft.

Akers, 26, finished the 2025 season as a Super Bowl champion with the Seahawks. The departure of Kenneth Walker in free agency preserved the possibility of a 2026 role in Seattle, but the team quickly restocked their backfield by signing former Packer Emanuel Wilson and drafting Notre Dame’s Jadarian Price. Akers has played for four different teams across his six-year career and will now be looking for a new home.

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Cowboys To Sign WR Tyler Johnson, LB Curtis Robinson

By | at April 27, 2026 9:15 pm

The Cowboys made the NFL’s first high-profile post-draft move by signing veteran wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling.

They have now added another player at the position – 2020 fifth-round pick Tyler Johnson – as well as former 49ers linebacker Curtis Robinson, according to Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Both players were in Dallas for visits on Monday, per KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson.

Johnson, 27, played for four different teams in his six year career. He appeared in 12 games with the Jets in 2025, catching 12 of his 18 targets for 197 yards. He was originally drafted by the Buccaneers, where he played for two years, before spending time with the Texans, Raiders, and Rams. He saw significant usage in 2021 in Tampa Bay (612 snaps, 55 targets) and 2024 in Los Angeles (361 snaps, 41 targets), but has been unable to sustain that volume in subsequent seasons.

In Dallas, he will join Valdes-Scantling, CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, KaVontae Turpin, and Jonathan Mingo in the Cowboys’ wide receiver room. Lamb and Pickens are the clear-cut top two options, but a pecking order behind them has not been established. Turpin should stay in his slot/gadget role, leaving Johnson to compete for a backup role on the outside.

Robinson, 27, signed with the Broncos as an undrafted rooke in 2021. He appeared in three games as a practice squad elevation in Denver and did the same in San Francisco later in the year. He then spent the next four years on the 49ers’ practice squad, using up his maximum of three elevations each season and playing almost exclusively on special teams. In 2025, he again began the season on the practice squad, but he was promoted to the active roster in September after injuries in the team’s linebacker room. Those continued throughout the season, resulting in career-high participation on defense (248 snaps) and special teams (194 snaps).

Robinson is the second 49ers linebacker to move to Dallas this offseason – 2023 fifth-rounder Dee Winters was traded to the Cowboys just before the draft. The two will now join a linebacker room that currently features DeMarvion Overshown as a clear No. 1 starter and little clarity behind him. Marist Liufau and Shemar James are both returning from last year’s squad, though both struggled to thold down the middle of the team’s defense. After getting his first major taste of regular season action in 2025, Robinson will be looking to establish a role for himself in Dallas this year.

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