The last thing NFL teams have to do before the start of the regular season is set their respective practice squad. And now, that endeavor is mostly complete across the league. That means, it’s time to rank the practice squads, a part of the roster that’s grown in importance over the past five years.
I’ll still have Practice Squad Power Rankings coming in a week, the Friday before Week 1. For this article, I’m ranking full practice squads.
LB Shaq Quarterman, EDGE Andrew Farmer, S Tony Jefferson, RB Isaiah Spiller, OG Karsen Barnhart, TE Luke Benson, TE/FB Tucker Fisk, CB Matt Hankins, DT Christopher Hinton, LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste, WR Cornelius Johnson, CB Robert Kennedy, OT Alex Leatherwood, EDGE Tre’Mon Morris-Brash, DT CJ Okoye (International Player Pathway)
Starting with a club’s practice squad mostly buoyed by the inclusion of Jefferson, who came out of retirement — and spent 2023 as a scouting intern in Baltimore with current Chargers GM Joe Hortiz — to dominate the final preseason contest against the Cowboys.
Jean-Baptiste was one of the older prospects in the 2024 class, yet flashed once he transferred to Notre Dame from Ohio State. Leatherwood is a former first-round bust, yet does have over 1,200 career regular-season snaps to his name.
RB George Holani, WR Cody White, WR Easop Winston Jr., TE Tyler Mabry, OG Raiqwon O’Neal, OT McClendon Curtis, OT Garret Greenfield, OT Max Pircher, DT Kyon Barrs, DE DeVere Levelson, LB Michael Barrett, LB Patrick O’Connell, CB Artie Burns, S Ty Okada, S Marquise Blair
Holani, a five-year runner at Boise State, has NFL-caliber skills. He averaged 5.2 yards per tote in college and went over 1,000 yards twice. Big, reasonably elusive, good balance. Winston Jr. is hyper-nifty running routes — was that way at Washington State — and caught eight passes for 98 yards in the preseason. Curtis is a giant masher, who’s probably best at…
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Author : Chris Trapasso
Publish date : 2024-08-30 12:45:29
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