Titans 2025 Practice Squad Tracker: Live updates on Tennessee’s 16-man practice squad additions, bringing fan favorites back

The Tennessee Titans’ initial 53-man roster was released ahead of the 3:00 p.m. CDT deadline Tuesday, which you can find in full at the link here. They’re expected to make a number of changes to the depth of this roster, especially with the No. 1 waiver claim position. One signing of a veteran free agent […]

Easton Freeze — Tennessee Titans Beat Writer
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The Tennessee Titans’ initial 53-man roster was released ahead of the 3:00 p.m. CDT deadline Tuesday, which you can find in full at the link here. They’re expected to make a number of changes to the depth of this roster, especially with the No. 1 waiver claim position. One signing of a veteran free agent already took place, mere hours after the initial roster came out. So expect much more of this roster churn over the coming days, starting with the first waiver report on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. CDT.

Each NFL team can add 16 players to its practice squad roster, and the Titans intend to keep a handful of the guys they cut from the active roster on Tuesday. I’d imagine they add a newcomer or two as well, which may come out a little further down the road as young players clear waivers and veterans fail to come to terms with their original teams. Here’s a live list of players the Titans intend to sign to their practice squad, updated as the news comes out:

Titans Practice Squad Live Tracker

Transaction Terms To Know

Release: Any player with four or more accrued seasons is a “vested veteran” and can be released. Their status means they aren’t subject to waivers, and they become free agents once the team lets them go. That means they can choose to sign with whichever team they wish. An accrued season is any year in which a player spends at least three regular season games on the active roster, Injured Reserve list, or Physically Unable to Perform list.

Waiver: Players who do not qualify as vested veterans are not immediately released from their current contracts. They are subject to the waiver wire, in which every other NFL team can submit a claim for the player’s contract. If more than one team submits a claim for a player, the team with the higher waiver priority is awarded the contract. The waiver order is the original draft order, which begins with the Titans and extends through Week 3 of the regular season. If a player passes through waivers and no team claims them, they then become a free agent and can sign a new contract wherever they wish.

Waived/Injured: If a non-vested veteran fails to pass their physical before being released, they receive a waived/injured designation. He is then subject to waivers and reverts to his original team’s Injured Reserve list if no team claims him.

Injured Reserve: New-ish rule! Up until last year, players had to make the initial 53-man roster and then be placed on IR to be eligible to return later in the season. In other words, players put on IR before making the initial roster were done for the season. But now, two players are allowed to be placed on IR on the Tuesday of final cuts with a designation to return after at least four game weeks.

PUP/NFI: Players who don’t pass their physical at the beginning of training camp are placed on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list if they’re dealing with a football-related injury, or the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list if it’s an injury suffered outside of NFL activities. Players on the NFI list are not entitled to receive their salary. On cutdown day, teams must choose to either activate these players to their 53-man roster or place them on the Inactive PUP/NFI. Players on that list do not count towards a team’s 53, and must miss at least four game weeks before being eligible for activation.

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