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Listed below are the Sunday roster moves for the four NFC South teams. Following the 53-man roster cutdown deadline yesterday, many teams will make slight tweaks to their rosters, claiming players off waivers or signing guys who clear waivers. Those transactions for the Falcons, Panthers, Saints, and Buccaneers are noted below.

Additionally, as of 12:00pm CT today, teams can begin constructing their 10-man practice squads. You can check out our glossary entry on practice squads to brush up on those changes, as well as all the other guidelines that govern the 10-man units, whose players practice with the team but aren’t eligible to suit up on Sundays.

Here are Sunday’s NFC South transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day:

Atlanta Falcons

Practice squad:

QB Kurt Benkert
OT Daniel Brunskill
DB Deante Burton
TE Jaeden Graham
TE Alex Gray
WR Devin Gray
C J.C. Hassenauer
DB Ryan Neal
LS Jeff Overbaugh
DT Jacob Tuioti-Mariner

Carolina Panthers

Placed on injured reserve:

T Matt Kalil

Signed:

CB Lorenzo Doss

Practice squad:

New Orleans Saints

Signed to practice squad:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Falcons Reduce Roster To 52

September 1st, 2018 at 10:40am CST by Ben Levine

The Falcons have trimmed down their roster. The team announced that they’ve reduced their roster to 52 players, meaning they’re leaving one spot open for a potential free agent addition.

We learned yesterday that the organization was moving on from defensive back Ron Parker and offensive lineman Austin Pasztor. The rest of the team’s moves are below:

Waived:

QB Kurt Benkert
WR Christian Blake
FS Marcelis Branch
OT Daniel Brunskill
DB Deante Burton
WR Dontez Byrd
LB Jonathan Celestin
DE Mackendy Cheridor
DB Secdrick Cooper
RB Justin Crawford
DT Jon Cunningham
WR Reggie Davis
OG Jamil Douglas
LB Emmanuel Ellerbee
FB Jalston Fowler
TE Jaeden Graham
S Tyson Graham
TE Alex Gray
WR Devin Gray
QB Garrett Grayson
OG Sean Harlow
C J.C. Hassenauer
DE J.T. Jones
WR Lamar Jordan
DB Chris Lammons
RB Terrence Magee
TE Troy Mangen
K David Marvin
DB Ryan Neal
LB Emmanuel Smith
DT Garrison Smith
K Giorgio Tavecchio
DT Jacob Tuioti-Mariner
OG Salesi Uhatafe
WR Julian Williams
LB Anthony Winbush

Waived/injured:

RB Malik Williams

Falcons Sign 27 UDFAs

May 1st, 2018 at 11:06am CST by Zachary Links

The Falcons have signed a whopping 27 undrafted free agents. Here is the full rundown:

Kurt Benkert, QB (Virginia)
Christian Blake, WR (Northern Illinois)
Dontez Byrd, WR (Tennessee Tech)
Jontey Byrd, DL (Kent State)
Mackendy Cheridor, DL (Georgia State)
Detrich Clark, WR (Colorado State)
Matt Gono, OL (Wesley College)
Secdrick Cooper, S (Louisiana Tech)
Justin Crawford, RB (West Virginia)
Emmanuel Ellerbee, LB (Rice)
Devin Gray, WR (Cincinnati)
J.C. Hassenauer, OL (Alabama)
Richard Jarvis, LB (Brown)
Lamar Jordan, QB/WR (New Mexico)
Chris Lammons, S (South Carolina)
David Martin, K (Georgia)
Troy Mangen, TE (Ohio)
Luke McNitt, FB (Nebraska)
Daniel Marx, FB (Stanford)
Joseph Putu, CB (Florida)
Demario Richard, RB (Arizona State)
Jake Roh, TE (Boise State)
Emmanuel Smith, LB (Vanderbilt)
Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, DL (UCLA)
Salesi Uhatafe, OL (Utah)
Anthony Winbush, LB (Ball State)
Malik Williams, RB (Louisville)

Most NFL teams do not employ a fullback but the Falcons rostered one last year in Derrick Coleman, so McNitt and Marx may have a shot at making the team. At quarterback, there may be an opportunity for Benkert and Lamar Jordan to unseat Garrett Grayson as the third QB (assuming Jordan is being evaluated as a QB), though they are well set with Matt Schaub as the primary backup to Matt Ryan.

Benkert received a $60K guarantee to sign, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets, so it’s clear that the Falcons think highly of him. Benkert started his collegiate career at East Carolina before transferring to Virginia for the 2016 season. In two years as Virginia’s starter, he completed 57.7% of his passes with 46 touchdowns against 21 interceptions.

In other Falcons news, GM Thomas Dimitroff recently addressed speculation about the team’s relationship with star Julio Jones. The Falcons also triggered the fifth-year option for defensive end Vic Beasley recently.