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7 Former NC State Players Cut from NFL Teams

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All 32 NFL teams had to trim their rosters to 53 players by 4pm yesterday, and 7 former NC State players were cut.

The most notable cut is former Wolfpack All-American Cornerback David Amerson, who was signed to a 1-year contract with the Chiefs back in February, with a base salary of $2.25 million (worth up to $6 million). Amerson was entering his 6th NFL season, after being drafted by the Redskins in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

He spent 2 seasons (plus two games in 2015) in Washington, and roughly 3 seasons in Oakland. In 5 seasons, Amerson has 251 tackles, 63 pass breakups and 8 interceptions.

Amerson had a terrible preseason, and found himself bumped to the 3rd string. At 26 years old, despite his up-and-down career, I expect him to find a new NFL home, but I think his days as a starter are over.

Defensive Tackle T.Y. McGill was entering his 1st NFL season as a member of the Chiefs, but he never made it to Game 1, being released by Kansas City yesterday. McGill was quickly claimed off of waivers by the Los Angeles Chargers, joining Justin Jones, another former NC State Defensive Tackle. After going undrafted in 2015, McGill has made 4 straight NFL rosters.

McGill played 25 games for the Colts in his 1st two seasons, but only played 3 games for the Browns last year before being assigned to the Practice Squad.

Former NC State Tight End David Grinnage was released by the Jaguars, but was instantly signed to their practice squad, where he has been for the past two seasons (Grinnage went undrafted in 2016). Each NFL team can only keep 10 players on their practice squad, and they make $7,600 a week.

Former Wolfpack Cornerback Jack Tocho was waived by the Minnesota Vikings, who drafted him in the 7th round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Like Grinnage, Tocho has once again been signed to the practice squad, where he spent last season.

Rookie Center Tony Adams was unable to make an impression on the Jaguars in the Preseason, and found himself waived yesterday. Jacksonville picked up Adams after going undrafted. I was shocked that Adams wasn’t drafted, and am shocked he was waived. He was the 5th best offensive guard in college football in 2017 according to ProFootballFocus.

Rookie Linebacker Jerod Fernandez who went undrafted this summer, was waived by the Redskins after having an impressive preseason. Many Washington pundits were shocked Fernandez wasn’t named to the Skins practice squad. After his performance in the preseason, I wouldn’t be shocked to see him make another teams practice squad.

Rookie Linebacker Airius Moore was picked up by the Arizona Cardinals after going undrafted this summer, and failed to make the team or the practice squad.

Rookie Jonathan Alston only played one year at Cornerback at NC State, but it was enough for the Dolphins to pick him up after he went undrafted. Miami cut him yesterday.

 

 

Matthew is Co-Owner of Pack Insider. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, and is in charge of business strategy. He is an NC State alum who majored in business. Matthew is also the lead pastor of The Point Church in Cary, NC.

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5 years ago

Matt Dayes got cut as well.

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T-Wolves Sign Former NC State Forward TJ Warren for Remainder of the Season

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Back during the first week of March, former All-ACC NC State Forward TJ Warren signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. After finding success as a scoring option off the bench, the T-Wolves signed him to another 10-day contract.

With only 11 games remaining in the regular season, Minnesota went ahead and signed him for the rest of regular season yesterday.

In the 7 games Warren has played for the T-Wolves, he has averaged 4.1 points per game in 14.0 minutes of play, shooting 47.8% from the field and 38.2% from beyond the arc.

Warren has not played in Minnesota’s past two games, but he has a chance to prove his worth once again tonight in the T-Wolves matchup vs. the Pistons. As things currently stand, Minnesota sits in 3rd place in the Western Conference.

Here’s a look at the former ACC Player of the Year’s stats over 10 seasons.

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Former NC State All-American Nyheim Hines Signs 1-Year Deal With Cleveland

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Former NC State All-American Nyheim Hines has signed a 1-year deal with the Cleveland Browns worth up to $3.5 million.

Maybe Cleveland will use Hines to his full potential. If you’re not using him as a Swiss Army Knife in the passing game, you’re wasting an opportunity.

The former All-ACC Running Back Hines missed all of last season due to a torn ACL he suffered in a boating accident.

This will be Hines’ 7th season in the NFL.

When you look at what former NC State players have done in the NFL, Hines ranks in the Top-10 in Rushing and Receiving.

His 1,015 rushing yards ranks 7th in school history and his 10 rushing touchdowns rank 9th. Hines’ 240 receptions rank 8th and his 1,778 receiving yards rank 10th.

In the return game, he’s one of the best to represent NC State in the NFL as well. His 1,015 punt return yards ranks 2nd in school history and his 817 kickoff return yards rank 6th. Hines’ 2 punts returned for TD’s ranks 3rd, and his 2 kickoffs taken to the house ranks 1st.

 

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Former NC State Quarterback Jacoby Brissett Signs 1-Year Deal with Pats

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Former NC State Quarterback Jacoby Brissett is signing a 1-year deal with the New England Patriots, rejoining the team that drafted him in the 3rd Round back in 2016.

The deal is worth $8 million.

After the Pats traded away Quarterback Mac Jones to the Jaguars yesterday, it’s abundantly clear what they are planning to do with the 3rd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

After winning a Super Bowl in his lone season in New England in 2016, Brissett went on to spend 4 seasons in Indy, before spending the next 3 seasons in 3 different cities: Miami, Cleveland and Washington.

Brissett has had a great career as a backup Quarterback through 8 seasons in the NFL, playing in 79 games (starting 48), throwing for 10,574 yards and 51 touchdowns, with 23 interceptions, and a QB Rating of 85.3.

Brissett ranks 5th in NC State history in career passing yards and touchdowns, and 3rd in QB Rating by a former Wolfpack player in the NFL.

Prior to making a dime from New England in 2024, Brissett has made $50.9 million through his first 8 seasons in the league.

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Former NC State Defensive Tackle Justin Jones Signs with Arizona

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Former NC State Defensive Tackle Justin Jones (2014-17) has signed a 3-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals.

The deal is worth a total of $30.1 million, with $19.75 million guaranteed.

Jones spent the past two seasons in Chicago, where he started in every game, recording 101 tackles, 22 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks.

In 2018, Jones was taken in the 3rd round by the Chargers. After playing in 15 games as a reserve as a rookie, Jones started for the Bolts for the next 3 years before signing with the Bears.

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