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The Bengals have released their initial 53-man roster ahead of today’s 4:00 p.m. ET deadline. With about 700 players being cut from the NFL this week, Cincinnati could swap in players who were formerly on other teams and in doing so, lose a few of the players on the roster as of this afternoon. There is no final roster, just a current roster as moves can be made at any time. Here is the complete list of Bengals players currently on the 53-man roster as of its inception as well as documentation of the players who have been released and those who are now on injury lists.
Here is the Bengals’ 53-man roster:
Offense
QUARTERBACK (2)
Andy Dalton
AJ McCarron
RUNNING BACK/H-BACK/FULLBACK(5)
Jeremy Hill
Giovani Bernard
Rex Burkhead
Cedric Peerman*
Ryan Hewitt
WIDE RECEIVER (6)
A.J. Green
Brandon LaFell
Tyler Boyd
Cody Core
James Wright
Alex Erickson
TIGHT END (3)
Tyler Eifert
Tyler Kroft
C.J. Uzomah
CENTER (2)
Russell Bodine
T.J. Johnson
OFFENSIVE TACKLE (3)
Andrew Whitworth
Cedric Ogbuehi
Jake Fisher
OFFENSIVE GUARD (4)
Clint Boling
Kevin Zeitler
Christian Westerman
Eric Winston
Defense
SAFETY (4)
George Iloka
Shawn Williams
Derron Smith
Clayton Fejedelem
CORNERBACK (6)
Adam Jones
Dre Kirkpatrick
Darqueze Dennard
Josh Shaw
Chris Lewis-Harris
William Jackson III*
LINEBACKER (7)
Rey Maualuga
Karlos Dansby
Vincent Rey
Nick Vigil
P.J. Dawson
Marquis Flowers
Trevor Roach
DEFENSIVE TACKLE (4)
Geno Atkins
Domata Peko
Pat Sims
Deshawn Williams
DEFENSIVE END (4)
Carlos Dunlap
Michael Johnson
Will Clarke
Margus Hunt
Special Teams
KICKER (1)
Mike Nugent
PUNTER (1)
Kevin Huber
LONG SNAPPER (1)
Clark Harris
**
Suspended/Reserve
- Vontaze Burfict
Injured Reserve (IR)
- Andrew Billings (knee)
- Marcus Hardison (shoulder)
Physically Unable to Perform (PUP)
Released
- Jimmy Wilson
- Chykie Brown
Waived
- Darius Hillary
- Jake Kumerow
- Ryan Brown
- Alex Cooper
- Bronson Hill
- Andrew Bonnet
- David Dean
- Aaron Epps
- Trey Hopkins
- Matt Lengel
- Tony McRae
- Alex Redmond
- Alonzo Russell
- Rashaun Simonise
- Trip Thurman
- John Weidenaar
- Keith Wenning
- Tra Carson
- Mario Alford (waived from IR)
Waived/Released in cut down to 75
- Brandon Tate
- Jayson DiManche
- Zach Hocker
- Michael Bennett
- Jeff Luc
- John Peters
- Floyd Raven
- Jack Gangwish
- Antwane Grant
- Darien Harris
- Joe Licata
- Corey Tindal
Practice squad
- DE Ryan Brown (rookie, Mississippi State)
- WR Jake Kumerow (first-year player, Wisconsin-Whitewater)
- CB Darius Hillary (rookie, Wisconsin)
- TE Matt Lengel (first-year player, Eastern Kentucky)
- HB Tra Carson (rookie, Texas A&M)
- DT David Dean (rookie, Virginia)
- G Alex Redmond (rookie, UCLA)
- CB Tony McRae (rookie, North Carolina A&T)
- WR Alonzo Russell (rookie, Toledo)
*Peerman and Jackson III are likely to land on IR eventually (that could happen as soon as later this afternoon); they need to make the initial 53-man roster before being added to IR to be eligible for the Designation to Return after Week 8. Only one of the two of them will be able to return via that designation.