The first big wave of cuts has come down for the Raiders as they try to get the roster trimmed to 53 players. The first wave includes 18 players who are either waived or released.
Waived
| T |
6-4 |
309 |
Maryland |
|
| LB |
5-11 |
232 |
Michigan |
|
| Tank Booker |
DT |
6-4 |
347 |
Southern Methodist |
| DE |
6-6 |
257 |
Army |
|
| S |
6-0 |
189 |
Arkansas |
|
| Parker Clements |
T |
6-6 |
294 |
Virginia Tech |
| DT |
6-2 |
332 |
Texas |
|
| LB |
6-3 |
232 |
North Carolina |
|
| Jarrod Hufford |
C |
6-3 |
318 |
Iowa State |
| John Humphrey |
CB |
6-2 |
193 |
USC |
| TE |
6-6 |
245 |
Samford |
|
| Ketron Jackson Jr. |
WR |
6-1 |
197 |
Baylor |
| DE |
6-4 |
260 |
Minnesota |
|
| CB |
6-0 |
194 |
Missouri Western State |
Released
| WR |
6-2 |
204 |
||
| WR |
5-10 |
192 |
||
| WR |
6-5 |
220 |
Texas |
|
| LB |
6-2 |
244 |
Notre Dame |
This puts the roster at 72 players, which means they will have to make at least 19 more moves in order to get down to the 53-man roster.
The deadline to get to 53 players is 1pm PT (4pm ET) on Tuesday.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders make first big wave of cuts as they work toward 53-man roster

