Kalan Reed

The Titans announced that they have released cornerback Perrish Cox. Fellow corner Kalan Reed has been promoted from the practice squad to take his place.

Cox joined the Titans on a three-year, $15MM deal prior to the 2015 season. It’s safe to say that he hasn’t lived up to expectations in the last season-and-a-half. This year, Cox’s coverage has slipped to the point where the Titans would rather get rid of him altogether than to relegate him to a smaller role.

Despite his struggles as of late, Cox does have three interceptions on the year and he’s not that far removed from a solid 2014 campaign. In that contract year with San Francisco, Cox intercepted five passes. Before signing with the Titans in March 2015, Cox visited the Redskins, Browns, and Ravens. It’s possible that those teams will be among the clubs looking at the 29-year-old in free agency.

Reed, who spent part of his childhood in Nashville, was Mr. Irrelevant in the 2016 draft. Today, he has broken out of irrelevancy with a bump up to the Titans’ varsity squad.

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Sunday NFL Transactions: AFC South

By Dallas Robinson | at September 5, 2016 9:20 am

Listed below are the Sunday roster moves for the four AFC 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 Texans, Colts, Jaguars, and Titans 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 AFC South transactions, which will continue to be updated throughout the day. All links go to Twitter unless otherwise noted:

Houston Texans

Signed to practice squad:
- LB Eric Lee (Link via Wilson)
- LB Shakeel Rashad (Link via Wilson)
- WR Quenton Bundrage (Link via Wilson)
- OL Chad Slade (link via Wilson)
- CB Robert Nelson (Twitter link via Mark Berman)
- TE Eric Tomlinson (link via Berman)
- RB Akeem Hunt (Link via Wilson)
- OL Joseph Cheek (Link via Wilson)
- DT Brandon Dunn (Link via Wilson)

Indianapolis Colts

Claimed:
- DB Matthias Farley (Link via Pro Football Talk)
- DB Neiko Thorpe
Waived:
- CB Jalil Brown
- Te Chase Coffman
Signed to practice squad:
- OL Adam Redmond (link via his agent)
- DE Sterling Bailey
- LB Trevor Bates
- S Lee Hightower
- TE Mike Miller
- CB Christopher Milton
- DT Kelcy Quarles
- WR Tevaun Smith
- T Jeremy Vujnovich
Waived:
- CB Jalil Brown
- TE Chase Coffman

Jacksonville Jaguars

Claimed:
- LB Arthur Brown (Link via Pro Football Talk)
- DB Maqueston Huff
Waived:
- RB Joe Banyard
Placed on IR:
- T Josh Wells (Link via Ryan O’Halloran)
Signed:
- WR Arrelious Benn (Link via O’Halloran)
Signed to practice squad:
- OL Jeremiah Poutasi (Post via NFL.com)
- OL Rashod Hill (link via Ryan O’Halloran)
- TE Alex Ellis (Link via Terry McCormick)
- DT Richard Ash
- WR Shaq Evans
- WR Rashad Lawrence
- CB Nick Marshall
- WR Shane Wynn
- OL Jeremiah Poutasi (Link via Adam Caplan)
- LB Sean Porter (Link via Caplan)

Tennessee Titans

Claimed:
- TE Jace Amaro (Link via ESPN’s Adam Schefter)
Waived:
- DE Mehdi Abdesmad
Signed to practice squad:
- C/G Ronald Patrick (link via Adam Caplan of ESPN.com)
- T Taylor Marz (Link via Terry McCormick)
- RB David Fluellen (Link via McCormick)
- DT Antwaun Woods
- TE Jerome Cunningham
- LB Justin Staples
- DB Curtis Riley
- WR Ben Roberts
- CB Kalan Reed
- DE Mehdi Abdesmad (Link via Jim Wyatt)

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Titans Cut Justin Hunter, Bishop Sankey

By Zachary Links | at September 2, 2016 4:00 pm

4:00pm: The Titans have made more cuts this afternoon, including another big name. Running back/wide receiver Dexter McCluster has been let go. McCluster averaged 4.5 yards per carry last season in Tennessee and averaged 8.4 yards per reception, but the Titans saw a better use for his roster spot. McCluster already pocketed a $350k roster bonus earlier this year, but the Titans will save $2.275MM in cash by cutting him.

Here is the full, updated list of Titans cuts so far:

WR Justin Hunter
RB Bishop Sankey
RB/WR Dexter McCluster
G Jeremiah Poutasi
FB Sam Bergen (via ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky on Twitter)
LB J.R. Tavai (via Terry McCormick of TitanInsider.com on Twitter)
TE Alex Ellis
TE Jerome Cunningham
RB David Fluellen
DT Antwaun Woods
WR Ben Roberts
CB B.W. Webb (Twitter link via McCormick)
LB Curtis Grant (via Kuharsky on Twitter)
OL Will Poehls (via Kuharsky on Twitter)
CB Kalan Reed (via McCormick on Twitter)
WR Ben Hunter (via Kuharsky on Twitter)
DB Marqueston Huff (via Rand Getlin of NFL.com on Twitter)
C Ronald Patrick
T Tyler Marz (Twitter link via McCormick)
WR Andrew Turzilli
LB Justin Staples
S Curtis Riley
K Aldrick Rosas

11:07am: The Titans have jettisoned a pair of notable players from the old front office regime. Wide receiver Justin Hunter and running back Bishop Sankey have both been cut, as Terry McCormick of TitanInsider.com reports (Twitter links).

Hunter, an exceptionally talented receiver, was drafted 34th overall in 2013. Since then, the Titans have been frustrated with Hunter and there have been rumblings that his work ethic was not up to par. Days ago, the Titans shipped out another talented wide receiver with perceived motivation problems when they traded Dorial Green-Beckham to the Eagles.

“It is still going to be hard (to make the team) because we have a lot of talented receivers in the group. We are fighting for spots, and you have to keep up and progress at the same time,” said the 25-year-old Hunter last month, acknowledging that his spot on the roster was not guaranteed.

Hunter has an uninspiring 68 receptions and eight touchdowns in 35 career games (13 starts). While Hunter has averaged an impressive 16.8 yards per catch, that number dropped to a career-worst 12.0 on 22 grabs last season. The 2015 campaign was a short one for Hunter, who only appeared in nine games as a result of a mid-November fractured ankle.

Sankey was once viewed as the Titans’ best running back and was expected to break out as a rookie in 2014. Sankey, 24 later this month, appeared in all 16 games for the Titans as a rookie but amassed only 569 yards off of 152 carries. Last season, Sankey’s role was reduced even further has he had only 47 rushing attempts for 193 yards in 13 games.

The surprising cuts didn’t stop there. The Titans are going to waive guard Jeremiah Poutasi, a source tells Adam Caplan of ESPN.com (on Twitter). Poutasi was an early third-round pick of the Titans last year.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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Titans Cut Damaris Johnson, Add 11 UDFAs

By Luke Adams | at May 9, 2016 11:34 am

The Titans, one of the last teams in the NFL to formally announce their undrafted free agent class, have done so today, confirming in a press release that they’ve agreed to terms with 11 rookies who weren’t selected in the 2016 draft. The team announced that it has reached deals with six members of its ’16 draft class as well.

In addition to bringing in 11 undrafted free agents and locking up six draftees, the team also announced that it has waived two veteran players — wide receiver Damaris Johnson and cornerback Steven Clarke. A former Vanderbilt CB, Clarke spent last summer with the Dolphins but has never appeared in an NFL regular season game. Johnson, on the other hand, has played in 44 career contests, most notably catching 31 balls for 331 yards and a touchdown during the 2014 season for the Texans.

Here’s the complete list of the Titans’ 11 incoming UDFAs:

DE Mehdi Abdesmad (Boston College)
S Lamarcus Brutus (Florida State) ($5K bonus, per Aaron Wilson)
T Sam Carlson (Colorado State)
WR Rashon Ceaser (Louisiana-Monroe)
TE Alex Ellis (Tennessee)
DE Iosia Iosia (West Texas A&M)
DE Terrell Lathan (TCU)
T Tyler Marz (Wisconsin)
T Nick Ritcher (Richmond)
K Aldrick Rosas (Southern Oregon) ($1K bonus, per Wilson)
NT Antwaun Woods (USC)

And here’s the list of Titans draft picks who have agreed to terms with the team so far:

2-43: Austin Johnson, DL (Penn State)
2-45: Derrick Henry, RB (Alabama)
5-140: Tajae Sharpe, WR (Massachusetts)
5-157: LeShaun Sims, CB (Southern Utah)
7-222: Aaron Wallace, LB (UCLA)
7-253: Kalan Reed, DB (Southern Mississippi)

First-round tackle Jack Conklin and second-round edge defender Kevin Dodd are among the draftees who have yet to finalize contracts with the club.

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