Seattle Seahawks trim roster to 53 players

The Seattle Seahawks added two players today, and then cut 24 as they reduced their roster from 75 for to the required 53.

The Seattle Seahawks trimmed their roster by 22 players today. This gets from from 75 down to the required 53. The deadline to do so was 1 PM PT, but it took a bit longer before the team finally released there roster moves to the public.

In fact, they haven’t officially released them at the time of writing this. Instead, they seem to have inadvertently leaked their cuts via their website’s depth chart page. Edit: the team FINALLY released their list of names. It matches the leaked list below exactly.

Before the team announced their cut, they added a pair of safeties that play special teams.

That means that they had two more players that had to be cut, bringing the list of departures up to 24.

Here is the list of players no longer with the Seahawks:

• QB Jake Heaps
• RB Troymaine Pope
• FB Will Tukuafu
• G Jahri Evans
• Will Pericak
• T Terry Poole*
• TE Clayton Echard
• TE Joe Sommers
• WR EZ Nwachukwu
• WR Kasen Williams*
• WR Douglas McNeil
• WR Antwon Goodley
• WR Kenny Lawler
• DE Tayor Harris
• DE Ryan Robinson
• DT Brandon Bryant
• DT Tani Tupou*
• DT Jordan Hill*
• LB Kache Palacio
• LB Steve Longo
• LB Eric Pinkins*
• CB Tye Smith
• CB Marcus Burley*
• S Keenan Lambert

Players with a * are injured and were placed on IR. That ends their season unless they agree to an injury settlement.

Keep in mind that this roster isn’t set in stone. The next 23 hours will be a chance for team to place wavier claims players released by other teams. Vets can also be signed then, and trades may still take place.

For example, Christine Michael made the initial 53 last season, but then was traded to Dallas just after that. NFL rosters are fluid, and are constantly being tweaked.

Players that are not claimed off waivers will be eligible to be sign to the practice squad starting Sunday at noon PT.