Twenty Canadians awakened on Wednesday on lively rosters for the 2024 NFL season.
However that quantity received’t keep the identical. It grew by one Wednesday morning with information that defensive lineman Neville Gallimore is on his option to Los Angeles to signal with the Rams.
About 1,000 gamers misplaced jobs on Tuesday when groups needed to cut back their rosters to 53 gamers from the training-camp most whole of 90. After most gamers undergo waivers, groups then can kind their apply rosters.
Lots of the Canadians lower will probably be hoping to land a spot on apply rosters earlier than the tip of the week, whereas others may find yourself in the CFL.
See under for the statuses of Canadians on NFL rosters as of this previous weekend. Every participant’s NFL crew, hometown and CFL rightsholder are listed in brackets.
CFL rights data comes from 3DownNation.
Final up to date: Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. ET
ON 53-MAN ROSTERS
OL Isaiah Adams (Arizona Cardinals, Ajax, Ont., no CFL rights)
A 3rd-round decide in this 12 months’s NFL Draft, Adams is listed because the backup left guard on Arizona’s most up-to-date depth chart.
OL Matthew Bergeron (Atlanta Falcons, Victoriaville, Que., no CFL rights)
A second-round decide in final 12 months’s NFL Draft, Bergeron was a full-time starter at left guard for the Falcons, who’re a preferred decide to make noise in the NFC this season.
RB Chase Brown (Cincinnati Bengals, London, Ont., Montreal Alouettes)
The second-year operating again is competing for carries with veteran Zack Moss in the Bengals backfield. Brown had 44 carries for 179 yards and a landing final season.
DL Neville Gallimore (Los Angeles Rams, Ottawa, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported that the Los Angeles Rams are set to signal Gallimore after he was lower by the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday. As a four-year veteran, Gallimore didn’t must undergo waivers and have become a free agent after Miami’s choice. The Dolphins signed the previous Dallas Cowboys third-round decide this low season. Gallimore began 14 video games in 4 years for Dallas.
DL/LB Michael Hoecht (Los Angeles Rams, Oakville, Ont., Ottawa Redblacks)
Hoecht, 26, was a full-time starter for the Rams final 12 months, notching 81 tackles and 6 sacks.
DB Jevon Holland (Miami Dolphins, Coquitlam, B.C., no CFL rights)
The 24-year-old Oregon product has established himself as a key a part of the Dolphins’ secondary the previous three years.
RB Chuba Hubbard (Carolina Panthers, Sherwood Park, Alta., Calgary Stampeders)
Hubbard, 25, is anticipated to be the starter for the Panthers this 12 months after grabbing the job halfway by way of final season.
TE Theo Johnson (New York Giants, Windsor, Ont., B.C. Lions)
The Giants picked the Penn State product in the fourth spherical of this 12 months’s NFL Draft. He’s listed because the crew’s backup at tight finish.
DB Deane Leonard (Los Angeles Chargers, Calgary, Hamilton Tiger-Cats)
A seventh-round decide by the Chargers in 2022, Leonard made three begins final 12 months.
LB Jesse Luketa (Arizona Cardinals, Ottawa, Ottawa Redblacks)
A seventh-round decide by the Cardinals in 2022, Luketa had a strip-sack of Denver QB Zach Wilson in Arizona’s second pre-season recreation.
OL Giovanni Manu (Detroit Lions, Pitt Meadows, B.C., Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
The Lions picked Manu in the fourth spherical of this 12 months’s NFL Draft out of UBC.
TE Tanner McLachlan (Cincinnati Bengals, Lethbridge, Alta., Calgary Stampeders)
The Bengals picked the Arizona product in the seventh spherical of this 12 months’s NFL Draft.
WR John Metchie III (Houston Texans, Brampton, Ont., B.C. Lions)
Metchie missed his 2022 rookie 12 months after being identified with leukemia, however then received some enjoying time final 12 months and earned some reward from star quarterback C.J. Stroud this pre-season.
LB Amen Ogbongbemiga (Chicago Bears, Calgary, Calgary Stampeders)
The Bears signed Ogbongbemiga after he spent three seasons with the Chargers as an undrafted free agent.
DL David Onyemata (Atlanta Falcons, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
The 31-year-old College of Manitoba product is in the second 12 months of a three-year, $35-million take care of the Falcons.
WR Josh Palmer (Los Angeles Chargers, Brampton, Ont., no CFL rights)
The third-year professional is slated to be a starter on a Chargers crew that includes a brand new offensive minded coach in ex-College of Michigan bench boss Jim Harbaugh.
LB Tavius Robinson (Baltimore Ravens, Guelph, Ont., Saskatchewan Roughriders)
A fourth-round decide final 12 months, Robinson made 27 tackles and received one begin in his rookie season for a prime crew.
DL Nathan Shepherd (New Orleans Saints, Ajax, Ont., Hamilton Tiger-Cats)
A 3rd-round decide of the New York Jets in 2018, Shepherd earned a three-year, $15-million take care of the Saints earlier than final season.
OL Sidy Sow (New England Patriots, Bromont, Que., Saskatchewan Roughriders)
A fourth-round decide of the Pats final season, the Jap Michigan product began 13 video games for New England in his rookie marketing campaign.
DB Benjamin St-Juste (Washington Commanders, Montreal, Toronto Argonauts)
A 3rd-round Commanders decide in 2021, St-Juste is a starter for Washington. He had 67 tackles final season.
DL Brent City (Baltimore Ravens, Mississauga, Ont., Hamilton Tiger-Cats)
The 33-year-old is with the Ravens for a second time after beginning his NFL profession in Baltimore in 2015 as a fourth-round decide.
CUT
OL Anim Dankwah (Philadelphia Eagles, Brampton, Ont., Toronto Argonauts)
Dankwah was waived Tuesday. The Eagles signed the six-foot-eight, 353-pound Howard College product as an undrafted free agent this low season.
DL Mathieu Betts (Detroit Lions, Montreal, no CFL rights)
3DownNation reported Tuesday that Betts, 29, has been launched. The CFL’s sack chief final 12 months with B.C., Betts had one sack in the Lions’ second pre-season recreation. The American soccer Lions signed Betts this low season.
DL/LB Luiji Vilain (Carolina Panthers, Ottawa, Toronto Argonauts)
NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero reported the Panthers waived Vilain on Tuesday. The Panthers claimed Vilain from the Minnesota Vikings final 12 months halfway by way of his second season.
DL Lwal Uguak (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton, Montreal Alouettes)
3DownNation reported Monday that Uguak was waived with an damage designation. Meaning Uguak goes on injured reserve except participant and crew attain an damage settlement inside 5 days. Uguak helped the Alouettes win the Gray Cup final 12 months in his first professional season, incomes a shot on the NFL in the method.
DB Tevaughn Campbell (Jacksonville Jaguars, Toronto, no CFL rights)
The Jaguars made Campbell one in every of their first cuts on Sunday. He spent most of final season on Jacksonville’s apply roster and has performed 37 profession NFL video games.
DB Jonathan Sutherland (New York Giants, Ottawa, Montreal Alouettes)
Sutherland was waived with an damage designation on Sunday. The Giants signed Sutherland in mid-August after he was lower by the Seattle Seahawks, the place he spent most of his 2023 rookie marketing campaign on the apply roster.
ON SUSPENDED LIST
OL Alaric Jackson (Los Angeles Rams, Windsor, Ont., B.C. Lions)
The Rams’ beginning left sort out final season, Jackson has been suspended for the primary two video games of 2024 for violating the NFL’s private conduct coverage.
ON PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM LIST
DB Sydney Brown (Philadelphia Eagles, London, Ont., no CFL rights)
The dual brother of Chase, he tore his ACL in final 12 months’s season finale. As a result of he’s on the Bodily Unable to Carry out checklist, he’ll miss no less than the primary 4 video games.
ON PRACTICE SQUADS
DL Eli Ankou (Buffalo Payments, Ottawa, Ottawa Redblacks)
After being lower Tuesday, Ankou was added to the apply squad Wednesday.The 30-year-old returned to the Payments for the third time in his profession on the apply roster halfway by way of final 12 months. He has been on 9 NFL groups.
OL Theo Benedet (Chicago Bears, Vancouver, no CFL rights)
After being waived by the Bears Tuesday, the 22-year-old lineman was added to the crew’s apply squad on Wednesday. Benedet signed a free-agent contract with the Bears this low season after going undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft. The UBC product was named the highest lineman in Canadian college soccer the previous two seasons.
OL Dakoda Shepley (Dallas Cowboys, Windsor, Ont., no CFL rights)
After being waived on Tuesday, the 29-year-old UBC product joined the Cowboys’ apply roster on Wednesday. Shepley spent the latter half of the 2023 season on the Cowboys apply roster after beginning the season on the apply roster of the Indianapolis Colts.
OL Kyle Hergel (New Orleans Saints, Toronto, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Hergel joined the Saints’ apply roster on Wednesday after being launched by the crew on Tuesday. The Saints signed Hergel as an undrafted free agent this previous low season out of Boston School. He earned convention honours at three universities.
TE Nikola Kalinic (Los Angeles Rams, Toronto, no CFL rights)
Kalinic was signed to the Rams’ apply squad on Wednesday after being waived on Tuesday. The 27-year-old York College product broke into the NFL with Indianapolis in 2022 after two seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He spent all of final season on the Rams’ apply roster.