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Minor NFL Transactions: 8/1/20

August 1st, 2020 at 3:12pm CST by Sam Robinson

Teams continue to move their rosters toward 80 players, which will be the maximum by the time full practices begin. Here are the latest minor moves, with the list being updated throughout the afternoon:

Baltimore Ravens

Waived: DT Daylon Mack, P Dom Maggio

Dallas Cowboys

Waived: LS Joe Fortunato
Waived/injured: LB Azur Kamara

Los Angeles Chargers

Waived: DT P.J. Johnson, T Koda Martin, WR Andre Patton, TE Jared Rice, S Roderic Teamer, TE Andrew Vollert

Los Angeles Rams

Waived: LB Daniel Bituli, RB James Gilbert, DE Greg Reaves, DT Sam Renner

Miami Dolphins

Signed: LS Rex Sunahara

New York Giants

Claimed off waivers (from Browns): WR Tony Brown

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Waived: LB Nasir Player, WR Spencer Schnell

Chargers sign OT Brant Weiss, waive OT Koda Martin

June 28th, 2019 at 1:57pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

The Chargers shuffled around the bottom of their roster Friday. The team is bringing in offensive tackle Brant Weiss, and waiving offensive tackle Koda Martin with an injury designation to make room for him.

Weiss went undrafted out of Toledo back in 2018, and signed with the Cardinals. After spending training camp and the preseason in the desert, he was cut by Arizona. He latched on with the AAF, playing for the ill-fated Arizona Hotshots. After the AAF folded, Weiss was re-signed by the Cardinals, but didn’t last very long on their roster.

Martin is a rookie undrafted free agent out of Syracuse. He started his college career at Texas A&M before moving on to Syracuse, where his father-in-law Dino Barbers is the head coach. Martin earned a third-team All-ACC selection for his work last season protecting Eric Dungey.

While neither of these players were ever likely to make much of an impact, Weiss can’t be counted out yet. The Chargers have an uncertain situation at tackle, to say the least. Right tackle Sam Tevi graded out as Pro Football Focus’ 74th-best tackle last year, and we still don’t have an update on left tackle Russell Okung‘s mysterious injury. The Chargers might end up needing tackle depth, and it wouldn’t be shocking if Weiss stuck around.

Chargers Sign 19 UDFAs

April 27th, 2019 at 8:46pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

As teams officially announce their undrafted free agent classes, we’ll be posting them. The Chargers are the second team to announce, following the Steelers. Los Angeles inked a massive group, bringing in 19 players:

Chris Brown, G (USC)
Eurndraus Bryant, DT (N.C. State)
Blake Camper, OT (South Carolina)
Josh Corcoran, LB (Northern Illinois)
Jeremy Cox, RB (Old Dominion)
Kemon Hall, CB (North Texas)
Daniel Helm, TE (Duke)
Reggie Howard, DT (Toledo)
Bradford Lemmons, CB (Furman)
Koda Martin, G (Syracuse)
Jason Moore, WR (Findlay)
Tyler Newsome, P (Notre Dame)
Chris Peace, DE (Virginia)
Rodney Randle, DB (Lamar)
Matt Sokol, TE (Michigan State)
Roderic Teamer, S (Tulane)
Trevion Thompson, WR (Clemson)
Tanner Volson, C (North Dakota State)
Elijah Zeise, LB (Pittsburgh)

As the Chargers pointed out in their release, they’re annually one of the best teams at unearthing solid undrafted free agents. They’ve had an undrafted rookie make the team for 22 consecutive seasons, which is the longest streak in the NFL. In each of the last four seasons, they’ve had at least three undrafted rookies make the team.

One of their best undrafted finds in recent years, Tyrell Williams, just inked a huge four-year, $44MM deal with the Raiders. With their huge class this year, they opted for a lot of small school and FCS prospects. Tyler Newsome is an interesting signing since the Chargers had a terrible punting situation all of last year. They ended up releasing Drew Kaser in the middle of the year, and Newsome should have a good chance to make the team. Volson was the center for Easton Stick, who the Chargers just drafted in the fifth round, during their time at North Dakota State.