Raiders Practice Squad Tracker: Who will Las Vegas bring back after cuts?
The Las Vegas Raiders and the rest of the NFL only have a few hours left until the roster has to be cut down from 90 to 53 men.The Raiders currently sit at 80 and have to get to 53 by August 29, 4 p.m. EST.Teams can begin signing players to their practice squad on […]
The Las Vegas Raiders and the rest of the NFL only have a few hours left until the roster has to be cut down from 90 to 53 men.
The Raiders currently sit at 80 and have to get to 53 by August 29, 4 p.m. EST.
Teams can begin signing players to their practice squad on Wednesday at noon ET. Teams can protect up to four players each week from getting "poached" by other teams. If a rival team wants to sign a player from another team's squad, and they aren't playing them within a 6-10 day timeframe, then they must sign the player to the active roster and pay them three weeks salary.
The Raiders will be able to sign six players with an unlimited amount of experience in the NFL. There is also a 10-player limit on players with two or fewer accrued seasons. For players with no accrued seasons, there is no limit.
Squads are comprised of 16 players. Players with zero accrued seasons or players with an accrued season that consists of them being on an active game day roster for fewer than nine games in that season are eligible. Players with no more than two accrued seasons and players with three or more are also eligible, but teams are limited to a combination of up to four of the former and up to six of the latter players, with the six representing "veteran" status.
Two players can get called up to the active roster on game days, but that can only happen three times before their respective team has to sign them to the active roster. If they are called up a fourth time, they must be paid a regular minimum salary for three weeks – even if they are cut during that time period.
Players with two or fewer accrued seasons will make $12,000 each week they are on the practice squad and players with three or more accrued seasons will make $16,100-$20,600 per week. In all, a player on the lower end of the pay scale can make $216,000 in a year while the other guys can make between $289,800-$370,800.
Here is who has been signed thus far:
Raiders’ initial 2023 practice squad tracker
- Jaydon Grant, S
- Matthew Butler, DT
- Devin Ross, WR
- McClendon Curtis, OL
- Antoine Wesley, WR
- Cole Fotheringham, TE
- Tyler Hall, CB
- Kana'i Mauga, LB
- Sincere McCormick, RB
- Netane Muti, G
- Isaac Rochell, DL
- John Samuel Shenker, TE
- David Agoha, DT
This list will update as the Raiders begin to sign players to their practice squad.
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