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Final NFL roster cuts 2015: Teams finalize 53-man squads

An up-to-date tracker of all reported or confirmed cuts as NFL teams get down to a 53-man roster.
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NFL teams are required to announce their final 53-man rosters for the 2015 season by Saturday, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. ET. Teams were required to trim down their rosters from 90 players to 75 by Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Players who were on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list or the Non-Football Injury or Illness list must be placed on the PUP reserve list or Non-Football Injury or Illness reserve list, “request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List.”​

Last year's cut-down day saw a few surprise cuts, including Falcons linebacker Pat Angerer, Bengals running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis and outside linebacker Larry English. 

All teams can start to assemble 10-player practice squads Sunday afternoon.

The names below have been reported or confirmed cuts. The teams are listed alphabetically.

Arizona Cardinals

Cameron Bradfield, OT

Cariel Brooks, CB

Jonte Green, CB

Marlon Grice, RB

​Jon Halapio, OG

​Trevor Harman, WR

Robert Hughes, RB

Harold Jones-Quartey, S

Paul Lasike, RB

​Jimmy Legree, CB

​Gabe Martin, LB

Antoine McClain, OG

​C.J. Roberts, CB

​Matt Shaughnessy, DE

Jaxon Shipley, WR

Phillip Sims, QB

Jerome Smith, RB

​Anthony Steen, OG

​Alameda Ta’amu, DT

​Logan Thomas, QB

​Anthony Walters, S

​Kerwynn Williams, RB

Atlanta Falcons

Derek Akunne, LB

Pierce Burton, OL

Rex Grossman, QB

​Akeem King, CB

Eric Lefeld, OL

Stansly Maponga, LB

Cliff Matthews, DE

Joey Mbu, DT

​Tony Moeaki, TE

​Adam Replogie, OL

Jerome Smith, RB

​D.J. Tialavea, TE

​T.J. Yates, QB

Baltimore Ravens

Brennan Beyer, LB

Andrew Bose, ILB

Daniel Brown, WR

​Jeremy Butler, WR

Blaine Clausell, T

Terrence McGee, RB

Robert Myers, OG

Tom Nelson, WR

Nick Perry, S

​Quinton Pointer, CB

Asa Jackson, CB

Kaleb Johnson, OG

Jah Reid, OL

Bryn Renner, QB

​Konrad Reuland, TE

​Micajah Reynolds, DT

​Kiero Small, FB

​Fitzgerald Toussaint, FB

DeAngelo Tyson, DE

Cassius Vaughn, CB

Ryan Whalen, WR

Buffalo Bills

William Campbell, G

Matt Cassel, QB

John Conner, FB

Andre Davis, WR

​IK Enemkpali, DE

Andre Fluellen, DT

Quentin Groves, LB

Bronson Hill, RB

Darryl Johnson, G

Alex Kupper, G

B.J. Larsen, DE

Dezmin Lewis, WR

Merrill Noel, CB

Tobais Palmer, WR

Cyril Richardson, G

Matt Simms, QB

​Deonte Thompson, WR

Cierre Wood, RB

Carolina Panthers

Chas Alecxih, DT

Marcus Ball, S

Brenton Bersin, WR

Brian Blechen, LB

Mike Brown, WR

​Carrington Byndom, CB

Damiere Byrd, WR

Rakim Cox, DE

​David Foucalt, OT

​Adarius Glanton, LB

T.J. Heath, CB

Ricky Henry, OL

​Marcus Lucas, TE

Jordan McCray, OG

​Terry Redden, DT

​Scott Simonson, TE

Jordan Todmoan, RB

Jason Trusnik, LB

Martin Wallace, OT

Lou Young, CB

​Chicago Bears

Jonathan Anderson, LB

David Bass, LB

Qumain Black, CB

Connor Boffeli, OL

A.J. Cruz, WR

Brandon Dunn, DT

Zac Dysert, QB

Mason Foster, LB

Jacoby Glenn, CB

Rashad Lawrence, WR

Tyler Moore, OL

Michael Ola, OL

Bear Pascoe, TE

Dante Rosario, TE

​Gannon Sinclair, TE

Ify Umodu, WR

Matthew Wells, LB

Terry Williams, DT

Kyle Woestmann, LB

Cincinnati Bengals

Michael Bennett, WR

​Jayson Dimanche, LB

Marquis Flowers, LB

Dan France, OT

Brandon Ghee, CB

Tanner Hawkinson, OT

Troy Hill, CB

Trey Hopkins, OG

Jake Kumerow, WR

​Matt Lengel, TE

Matthew O’Donnell, OT

Tom Obarski, K

Floyd Raven Sr., S

Trevor Roach, LB

Keo Shiloh, S

Jake Smith, C

Devon Still, DE

Terrell Watson, RB

Keith Wenning, QB

James Wilder Jr., RB

DeShawn Williams, DT

Cleveland Browns

Karim Barton, OL

Pat Devlin, QB

​Shaun Draughn, RB

​Landon Feichter, DB

Tim Flanders, RB

Kendall james, DB

Darrius Jennings, WR

Ereie Ladson, OL

Josh Lenz, WR

​Vince Mayle, WR

​Thad Lewis, QB

​Jacobbi McDaniel, DL

Andrew McDonald, OL

Darrian Miller, OL

​Robert Nelson Jr., DB

Eric Olsen, OL

Vinston Painter, OL

Hayes Pullard III, LB

Joe Rankin, CB

Mike Reilly, LB

De’Ante Saunders, DB

Dylan Wynn, DT

Dallas Cowboys

Ray Agnew, FB

Donnie Baggs, LB

Ben Gardner, DE

Clyde Gates, WR

​La’Lial Glaud

​Laurence Gibson, OT

Nick Harwell, WR

A.J. Jenkins, WR

Dakorey Johnson, LB

Gus Johnson, RB

Ben Malena, RB

Shane McDermott, C

Efe Obada, DE

Ronald Patrick, C

Joel Ross, CB

Tim Scott, S

Jameill Showers, QB

​Rod Sweeting, CB

Dustin Vaughan, QB

​John Wetzel, LB

Denver Broncos

Zaire Anderson, LB

Lamin Barrow, LB

Kapri Bibbs, RB

Isaiah Burse, WR

Tony Carter, CB

Dillon Day, C

Sione Fua, DT

Josh Furman, S

Ben Garland, OG

Marcel Jensen, TE

​Steven Johnson, LB

Dominique Jones, TE

​Corbin Louks, WR

Chuka Ndulue, DT

Taurean Nixon, CB

Gerald Rovers, LB

Kyle Roberts, OT

Charles Sweeton, OT

Jordan Taylor, WR

Josh Watson, DE

Detroit Lions

Al Bond, OG

​Crezdon Butler, DB

Braxston Cave, OL

​Jermelle Cudjo, DL

​Joseph Fauria, TE

​Kerry Hyder, DT

Emil Igwenagu, RB

Isaiah Johnson, S

Joe Madsen, OL

Kellen Moore, QB

​Nate Ness, DB

Casey Pierce, TE

​Xavier Proctor, OT

Jeremy Ross, WR

Greg Salas, WR

​Brian Suite, DB

Julian Stanford, LB

Larry Webster, DE

Torrian Wilson, OL

​George Winn, RB

Corey Wootton, DL

Jerel Worthy, DL

Green Bay Packers

Jared Abbrederis, WR

Carl Bradford, LB

John Crockett, RB

Jean Fanor, S

Garth Gerhart, OL

​Tay Glover-Wright, CB

Mitchell Henry, TE

Raijon Neal, RB

Justin Perillo, TE

Andy Phillips, OL

​Larry Pinkard, WR

Jermauria Rasco, LB

​Christian Ringo, DT

Matt Rotheram, OG

​Joe Thomas, LB

Khyri Thornton, DT

James Vaughters, LB

Jeremy Vujnovich, OT

Ryan White, CB

Ed Williams, WR

Houston Texans

Kourtnei Brown, OLB

​Max Bullough, LB

​Brandon Deaderick, DE 

Kurtis Drummond, S

Matt Feiler, T

James Ferentz, C

Tevita Finau, DT

Kenny Hilliard, RB

​Charles James, CB

Damaris Johnson, WR

Corey Moore, S

Louis Nix, DT

EZ Nwachukwu, WR

Fin Moala, DE

​Dan Pettinato, DE

Lynden Trail, LB

​Joseph Treadwell, OT

Tony Washington, LB

​Chandler Worthy, WR

Indianapolis Colts

Daniel Adongo, LB

David Arkin, OG

​Bryan Bennett, QB

Quan Bray, WR

Vincent Brown, WR

​Duron Carter, WR

Chance Casey, CB

Josh Chapman, DT

Carlos Fields, LB

Montori Hughes, DT

Ulrick John, OT

Cam Johnson, LB

Dewey McDonald, S

Sean McGrath, TE

​Henoc Muamba, LB

Kitt O’Brien, OG

Eric Patterson, CB

Kelcy Quarles, DT

Erik Swoope, TE

​Raymon Taylor,CB

Zurlon Tipton RB

Jacksonville Jaguars

Richard Ash, DT

Camaron Beard, DE

Nordly Capi, DE

Kasey Closs, WR

Will Corbin, G

Jeremiah George, LB

Connor Hamlett, TE

​Jeremey Harris, CB

Ike Igbinosun, DE

Storm Johnson, RB

​Ben Koyack, TE

Erik Lora, WR

Craig Loston, S

Stephen Morris, QB

Austin Pasztor, OL

​Chris Reed, G

Rashaad Reynolds, CB

Neal Sterling, WR

Todd Thomas, LB

Peyton Thompson, CB

Tony Washington, WR

Kansas City Chiefs

Da'Ron Brown, WR

​Mike Catapano, DE

Sanders Commings, S

Ja’Gared Davis, LB

Hebron Fangupo, DT

Garrette Frye, C

David Irving, DL

James-Michael Johnson, LB

​Eric Kush, C

Tello Luckett, WR

​Daniel Munyer, C

Deji Olatoye, DB

Jarrod Pughsley, OL

Darrin Reaves, RB

Kevin Short, CB

Derek Sherrod, OT

Ryan Taylor, TE

Spencer Ware, RB

Fred Williams, WR

Miami Dolphins

Damarr Aultman, WR

​McLeod Bethel-Thompson, QB

​DeAndre Coleman, DT

James Davidson, LB

Emmanuel Dieke, DE

Josh Freeman, QB 

Mike Gillislee, RB

​Cobi Hamilton, WR

Donald Hawkins, T 

Mike Hull, LB

Anthony Johnson, DT

Christion Jones, WR

Don Jones, S

Mike Liedtke, G

Jeff Luc, LB

Tim Semisch, TE

​Jake Stoneburger, TE

​Caleb Sturgis, K

Cedric Thompson, S

Jordan Tripp, LB

Aundrey Walker, OT

Minnesota Vikings

Babatunde Aiyegbusi, OT

Chigbo Anunoby, DT

B.J. DuBose, DT

Isame Faciane, G

Tom Farniok, C

Donte Foster, WR

Isaac Fruechte, WR

Anthony Harris, S

DuJuan Harris, RB

Greg Hickman, DT

Leon Mackey, DE

Michael Mauti, LB

Brian Peters, LB

Shaun Prater, CB

Blake Renaud, FB

Josh Thomas, CB

Tyrus Thompson, OT

Bob Vardaro, G

Brandon Watts, LB

Ryan Whalen, WR

Dominique Williams, RB

David Yankey, OG

New England Patriots

Jake Bequette, TE

​Asante Cleveland, TE

Tony Creecy, RB

​Justin Coleman, CB

​Zach D'Orazio, WR

Xzavier Dickson, LB

DaVaris Daniels, WR

Darius Fleming, LB

Jonas Gray, RB

​Ryan Groy, G

Caylin Hauptmann, T

Brandon King, S

Ryan Lindley, QB

Chris Martin, T

Robert McClain, CB

Zach Moore, DL

James Morris, LB

A.J. Pataiali'i​, DT

Jalen Saunders, WR

​Daxton Swanson, DB

Casey Walker, NT

Reggie Wayne, WR

New Orleans Saints

Justin Anderson, LB

Edwin Baker, RB

​Nick Becton, OT

Orson Charles, TE

Henry Coley, LB

Jerry Franklin, LB

Mike Golic Jr., OL

Ryan Griffin, QB

Bryce Harris, OL

Parys Haralson, LB

Sean Hickey, OL

​Dustin Hopkins, K

Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB

Seantavius Jones, WR

Cyril Lemon, OG

​Chris Manhertz, TE

Josh Morgan, WR

Toben Opurum, FB

Sammy Seamster, CB

Alex Smith, TE

Pierre Warren, S

New York Giants

Brad Bars, DE

Chris Bosewell, K

Chykie Brown, DB​

Emmett Cleary, OL

CJ Conway, CB

Sean Donnelly, OT

Cole Farrand, LB

Chandler Fenner, DB

Adam Gettis, OG

​Dominique Hamilton, DT

​Kenneth Harper, RB

Henry Hynoski, FB

James Jones, WR

​Jameel McClain, LB

Jeromy Miles, DB

​Ashlee Palmer, LB

Adrien Robinson, TE

​Ricky Stanzi, QB

Julian Talley, WR

​Corey Washington, WR

Steve Weatherford, P

New York Jets

Jason Babin, LB

Charles Brown, OT

Durell Eskridge, S

Shaq Evans, WR

Matt Flynn, QB

​Josh Johnson, QB

​Wes Johnson, OL

​Keon Lyn, CB

Arthur Lynch, TE

Joe Mays, LB

Chris Owusu, WR

Walter Powell, WR

​Daryl Richardson, RB

​Wes Saxton, OL

Oakland Raiders

George Atkinson III, RB

Mitch Bell, OG

Kris Durham, WR

Michael Dyer, RB

​Spencer Hadley, LB

Sheldby Harris, DE

Dan Kistler, OT

Brian Leonhardt, TE

​Ricky Lumpkin, DT

Taylor Mays, S

Tevin McDonald, CB

Sio Moore, LB

Anthony Morris, OT

​Leon Orr, DT

Christian Ponder, QB

Josh Shirley, LB

Giorgio Tavecchio, K

Max Valles, DE

Gary Wilkins, DE

C.J. Wilson, DL

Devon Wylie, WR

Philadelphia Eagles

Rasheed Bailey, WR

​Brett Boyko, G

​​Malcolm Bunche, G

Randall Evans, CB

Andrew Gleichert, TE

Najee Goode, LB

​Jeff Maehl, WR

​Freddie Martino, WR

Brian Mihalik, DE

​John Moffitt, G

Raheem Mostert, RB

Quron Pratt, WR

Chris Prosinski, S

Travis Raciti, DE

Ed Reynolds, S

Deontae Skinner, LB

​Kip Smith, P

Tim Tebow, QB

Eric Tomlinson, TE

Julian Vandervelde, G

Diaheem Watkins, LB

Jaylen Watkins, DB

Pittsburgh Steelers

Jawon Chisholm, RB

Matt Conrath, DL

Jordan Dangerfield, S

Alden Darby, S

Reese Dismukes, OL

Kevin Fogg, CB

L.J. Fort, ILB

​B.J. Finney, OL

​Shayon Green, LB

​Josh Harris, RB

Ethan Hemer, DT

Gerod Holliman, S

Howard Jones, LB

Shakim Phillips, WR

​Doug Legursky, C

Mike Thornton, DL

B.W. Webb

Jarrod West, WR

San Diego Chargers

Chi Chi Ariguzo, LB

Richard Crawford, CB

Greg Ducre, CB

Javontee Herndon, WR

​Michael Huey, OG

Johnny Lowdermilk, S

Jordan Mabin, CB

Ryan Mueller, LB

Nick Novak, K

Brian Parker, TE

​Austin Pettis, WR

Adrian Phillips, S

John Phillips, TE

Lowell Rose, CB

Dreamius Smith, RB

Brad Sorensen, QB

Damion Square, DT

Colton Underwood, LB

Kenny Wiggins, OG

San Francisco 49ers

Issac Blakeney, WR

​DiAndre Campbell, WR

​Marcus Cromartie, CB

Craig Dahl, S

Darnell Dockett, DT

Dillon Farrell, OG

Kendall Gaskins, RB

​Xavier Grimble, TE

Joe Looney, G

Leon McFadden, CB

Patrick Miller, OL

​Nick Moody, LB

Kaleb Ramsey, DT

Justin Renfrow, OL

Marcus Rush, DL

Garrison Smith, DT

​Dylan Thompson, QB

​Andrew Tiller, OG

Philip Wheeler, LB

Jermaine Whitehead, S

Seattle Seahawks

Tyrell Adams, LB

RaShaun Allen, TE

​R.J. Archer, QB

Will Blackmon, CB

DE Obum Gwancham

Keenan Lambert, S

T.Y. McGill, DT

Douglas McNeill III, CB

Ronald Martin Jr., S

Anthony McCoy, TE

KeaVon Milton, OG

Ryan Murphy, S

Will Pericak, OG

Eric Pinkins, LB

Terry Poole, OT

Mohammed Seisay, CB

Alex Singleton, LB

Kevin Smith, WR

Rod Smith, RB

Robert Turbin, RB

​Julius Warmsley, DE

Karsen Williams, WR

St. Louis Rams

Alex Bayer, TE

​Isiah Battle, OT

Emory Blake, WR

Malcom Brown, RB

​Christian Bryant, S

Justice Cunningham, TE​

Austin Davis, QB

​Marcus Forston, DT

Montell Garner, CB

Jacob Hagen, S

Martin Ifedi, DE

Barrett Jones, C

Zach Laskey, RB

​Matt Longacre, DE

Marshall McFadden, LB

​Brandon McGee, CB

Trovon Reed, CB

Daniel Rodriguez, WR

​Louis Trinca-Pasat, DT

Brandon Washington, G

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jude Adjei-Barimah, CB

Connor Barth, K

Da'Quan Bowers, DT

Kaelin Clay, WR

Edawn Coughman, T

Larry Dean, LB

Ryan Delaire, DE

Brandon Dixon, CB

Donteea Dye, WR

​Isaiah Frey, CB

Garrett Gilkey, OL

Khaseem Greene, LB

Chris Hackett, DB

Josh Keyes, LB

Tavarres King, WR

Seth Lobato, QB

Caushaud Lyons, DT

Patrick Murray, K

Patrick Omameh, OL

Lawrence Sidbury, DE

Tennessee Titans

Isaako Aaitui, DT

Ri'Shard Anderson, CB

Zach Boren, FB

Kaelin Burnett, LB

David Fluellen, RB

​Jacoby Ford, WR

Gabe Ikard, C

Josue Matias, OG

Tre McBride, WR

​Hakeem Nicks, WR

​Erik Pinkus, LB

​Rico Richardson, WR

Lawrence Sidbury, DE

Josh Stewart, WR

Byron Stingly, OT

Andy Studebaker, LB

​Alex Tanney, QB

​Jemea Thomas, DB

Khalid Wooten, DB

Washington Redskins

Houston Bates, LB

Reggie Bell,WR

​Mack Brown, RB

Jordan Campbell, FB

Takoby Cofield, OL

DaMon Cromartie-Smith, DB

Akeem Davis, S

Quinton Dunbar, CB

Je’Ron Hamm, TE

Garrett Frye, C

Sage Harold, OLB

Tyler Larsen, C

Colin Lockett, WR

Terrance Plummer, LB

Jerrelle Powe, DT

​Austin Reiter, C

Travian Robertson, DL

Robert Thomas, DL

D.J. Williams, TE

​Trey Williams, RB