With the New England Patriots facing at the mandatory cutdown of rosters to 53 players on Saturday, there are several players currently on the 80-man roster eligible for the practice squad.
Teams are allowed to have up to 8 players on the practice squad. At noon on Sunday teams can establish their practice squad rosters.
Players are eligible for the practice squad once they have been cut and cleared waivers. They must have less than three seasons on the practice squad roster or a year of NFL experience, which is 6 or more games, on a teams 53-man roster or the official injured reserve. Rookies are eligible by default.
Practice squad players are not allowed to play in games unless they are transferred to the 53-man roster from the practice squad of their current team. The other 31 teams can sign players from a teams practice squad but they must be assigned to the 53-man roster of the team signing them. Practice squad players are considered to be free agents.
To see the full list of Patriots players who are eligible for the practice squad, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
Here is the list of Patriots players who are practice squad eligible:
Offense:
R – Rookie
- QB Ryan Mallett – R
- RB Shane Vereen – R
- RB Stevan Ridley – R
- RB Richard Medlin – R
- RB Eric Kettani
- WR Taylor Price
- WR Buddy Farnham
- WR Jeremy Ross – R
- TE Carson Butler
- TE Will Yeatman – R
- TE Lee Smith – R
- OL Nate Solder – R
- OL Thomas Austin
- OL Rich Ohrnberger
- OL Marcus Cannon – R
- OL Steve Maneri
- OL Corey Woods – R
- OL Michael Berry – R
Defense:
- DT Darryl Richard
- DE Alex Silvestro – R
- DE Markell Carter – R
- LB Aaron Lavarias -R
- LB Jeff Tarpinian – R
- CB Ras-I Dowling – R
- S Ross Ventrone
In addition the following players who were released on Monday are also eligible:
- TE Garrett Mills
- WR Tyree Barnes
- DL Kade Weston
- DE Clay Nurse – R
- K Chris Koepplin – R
- OL Mark Wetterer – R
- CB Malcom Williams – R
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