Report: Dallas Cowboys release QB Will Grier

The Dallas Cowboys have released quarterback Will Grier, Jon Machota reports. This comes after Dallas signed QB Sam Howell as their backup on Tuesday ahead of free agency.

Greir spent the entire 2025 season on the Cowboys practice squad and had recently signed a reserve/futures contract. Grier, who played his college football at Florida and West Virginia, spent time with the organization in both 2022 and 2023 before signing with Dallas in November.

He was elevated to the Cowboys active roster for a week late in the 2024 season, but didn’t see any playing time. Grier hasn’t seen in-game action since 2019 when he was a member of the Carolina Panthers.

Going back to the 2019 season with Carolina, Grier played in and actually started two games. He threw for 228 yards, no touchdowns, and four interceptions while completing 53.8% of his throws. Both games resulted in losses for the Panthers as the offense scored a total of 16 points.

He stayed in Carolina through the 2020 season before the Cowboys claimed him off waivers during the 2021 offseason. Grier remained in Dallas for the next two seasons as a backup.

Over the next two years, Grier spent time with the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, and Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Cowboys for the second time in November 2024. Now, he’ll be moving on to the next chapter in his career.

Grier is best known for his two seasons at West Virginia, where he threw for 71 touchdowns and over 7,000 yards for the Mountaineers. During the final game of his college career against Oklahoma, he threw for 539 yards and four touchdowns to cap off a memorable stretch. He led WVU to an 8-1 start to the season that year before dropping the final two games of the season.