Eagles pare roster down to 53

On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Eagles reduced their roster to the league limit of 53.

With a deadline at 4 p.m. ET, NFL clubs had to reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players from the offseason limit of 90.

There were not many surprises on the list, and some could return to the team’s practice squad.

LB Nakobe Dean(patellar tendon) will begin the season on the PUP List.

Here is the list of players that the team waived or released:

Released the following players:

• LS Charley Hughlett
• OLB Patrick Johnson
• T Kendall Lamm
• WR Terrace Marshall
• CB Parry Nickerson
• WR Avery Williams

Waived the following players:

• WR Ife Adeyi
• LB Chance Campbell
• CB Tariq Castro-Fields (Injured)
• WR Elijah Cooks
• LB Lance Dixon
• DT Joe Evans
• LB Dallas Gant
• G Kenyon Green
• S Maxen Hook
• TE E.J. Jenkins
• CB Brandon Johnson
• RB Montrell Johnson
• TE Cameron Latu
• OLB Ochaun Mathis
• QB Kyle McCord
• WR Taylor Morin
• TE Nick Muse
• T Hollin Pierce
• RB ShunDerrick Powell
• OLB Antwaun Powell-Ryland
• CB Eli Ricks
• DE Jereme Robinson
• RB Keilan Robinson
• DT Justin Rogers
• S Andre Sam
• WR Ainias Smith
• DT Jacob Sykes
• T Laekin Vakalahi
• CB A.J. Woods

Placed the following player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform: 

• LB Nakobe Dean

Placed the following player on Reserve/Injured and Designated for Return:

• T Myles Hinton

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane, Philadelphia could bring back Hughlett and Smith.

Eagles Executive Vice-President/General Manager Howie Roseman on cutting the roster to 53:

“I think when we talk about being together all year and all the things we do, this is the toughest day of the year for us,” Roseman said. “You start your season and you’re letting guys go that you’ve brought into the building that you care about as people. Obviously, you’ve selected them as players.

“I want to start by thanking all the players that we had as we opened camp, the effort and energy they brought to us, and obviously, we hope to get as many of them back as possible now. We’re always keeping the door open, as you guys have seen, bringing guys back who we’ve brought in here—great group, great people, and obviously, a tough day. As we go through it here and go have conversations with each and every one of them, [Head] Coach [Nick Sirianni] and I sit down with each and every one of them and have conversations. Although it’s hard, just really appreciate the opportunity to do that with all those guys.”

The Eagles begin the regular season next Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field.