Live updates: Tracking former Penn State players on NFL roster cut down day
Many former Penn State players are now immune to the stress associated with the NFL’s annual roster cutdown day. However, a number of one-time Nittany Lions still are not. All 32 pro teams must reduce their roster from the 90 players they can carry during the offseason to the 53-man active roster maximum by 4 p.m. ET today, Aug. 26.
Depending on their age, some players will automatically become free agents upon being let go. Others will be subject to the waiver process first. And some will be cut with an injury designation, which will send them to their team’s injury reserve list for the time being.
Here’s the latest on former Lions trying to make an NFL team. Note: This page does not update automatically. So, please refresh your browser often for the latest information.
That may be it for today’s updates
08/26/2025 04:30:28 PMThat should be about it for updates from today. Though, late ones are always possible. And, to learn more about any of those, check out our tracker thread inside The Lions Den forum.
A second former Penn State player has been cut in Green Bay
08/26/2025 03:18:36 PMAnd it’s a cornerback the team drafted late on Day 3 just a year ago: Kalen King.
Former Penn State receiver Mitchell Tinsley makes the Bengals 53-man roster
08/26/2025 03:11:03 PMESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that news:
Former Penn State players who were cut as of 4:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday
08/26/2025 03:09:29 PMThe list below represents former Penn State players who were cut either on Tuesday or earlier in training camp as of 4:10 p.m. ET:
WR KJ Hamler – Buffalo Bills
DT Coziah Izzard – Kansas City Chiefs
QB Sean Clifford – Green Bay Packers
CB Tariq Castro-Fields (per NJ Advance Media)
CB Jalen Kimber – Tennessee Titans
DT DVon J-Thomas – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DT Fatorma Mulbah – New York Jets
TE Zack Kuntz – New York Jets
CB Zech McPhearson – Houston Texans
OG Sal Wormley – Jacksonville Jaguars
Sal Womrley did not make the Jags’ initial 53-man roster
08/26/2025 03:08:05 PMThe team kept nine offensive linemen to start the year, and the undrafted free agent out of Penn State is not one of them.
No new updates are in with 15 minutes to go
08/26/2025 02:45:42 PMAs of 3:45 p.m. ET, there have been no reported or confirmed roster moves impacting former Penn State players since our original rundown at 3 p.m. ET. Keeping an eye on Jacksonville, where former Nittany Lions guard Sal Wormley had a nice preseason but is on the outside looking in on media 53-man roster projections.
Which one-time Penn State players were cut on Tuesday
08/26/2025 01:34:52 PMHere’s our latest list as of 3 p.m. ET:
WR KJ Hamler – Buffalo Bills
DT Coziah Izzard – Kansas City Chiefs
QB Sean Clifford – Green Bay Packers
CB Tariq Castro-Fields (per NJ Advance Media)
Some former Nittany Lions were cut before Tuesday
08/26/2025 01:30:26 PMWhile many of the cuts happen on Tuesday, not all of them do. The list of former Penn State players (some of whom transferred and ended their college careers elsewhere) who were cut earlier in training camp include:
CB Jalen Kimber – Tennessee Titans
DT DVon J-Thomas – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DT Fatorma Mulbah – New York Jets
TE Zack Kuntz – New York Jets
CB Zech McPhearson – Houston Texans
Penn State recruiting targets you may remember who have been cut during NFL training camp
08/26/2025 01:33:40 PMBWI’s Sean Fitz put together this blast from the past:
– Bills released WR Kaden Prather.
– Dolphins released WR Tarik Black.
– Pats released TE Jaheim Bell and LB R.J. Moten.
– Jets released OL Liam Fornadel (Don Bosco).
– Steelers released OL Doug Nesster.
– Giants released OL Jimmy Morrissey (Pitt).
– Eagles released Saf. Lewis Cine.
– Falcons released QB Ben Dinucci.
– Saints released WR Donovan Peoples-Jones.
– Bucs released WR Rakim Jarrett.
– 49ers released RB Corey Kiner.
– Titans released LB Khaleke Hudson.