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NFL roster cuts: Bengals make 30 roster moves on Saturday

Recapping every roster move the Bengals made on Saturday with the deadline for roster cuts here.

NFL: San Diego Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

It was a crazy Saturday as the Cincinnati Bengals narrowed down the roster from 83 to 53 players.

In doing so, the Bengals waived players, cut players, placed players on the suspended list, moved players to Injured Reserve and even traded one player away.

Here’s a breakdown of every move the Bengals made on Saturday.

-- RB Tra Carson (first-year player, Texas A&M, groin injury)

— TE Mason Schreck (rookie, Buffalo, knee injury)

--DE Wallace Gilberry (10th-year player, Alabama)

--OT Eric Winston (11th-year player, Miami [Fla.])

  • Waived 23 players:

--LB Bryson Albright (first-year player, Miami [Ohio])

--LB Brandon Bell (rookie, Penn State)

--WR Chris Brown (second-year player, Notre Dame)

--DE Ryan Brown (first-year player, Mississippi State)

--DE Will Clarke (fourth-year player, West Virginia)

--S Demetrious Cox (rookie, Michigan State)

--LB P.J. Dawson (second-year player, Texas Christian)

--DT David Dean (first-year player, Virginia)

--G J.J. Dielman (rookie, Utah)

--K Jake Elliott (rookie, Memphis)

--DE Marcus Hardison (third-year player, Arizona State)

--FB Darrin Laufasa (rookie, Texas-El Paso)

--OT Landon Lechler (rookie, North Dakota State)

--G Cameron Lee (rookie, Illinois State)

--CB Tony McRae (first-year player, North Carolina A&T)

--OT Kent Perkins (rookie, Texas)

--WR Alonzo Russell (first-year player, Toledo)

--G Dustin Stanton (rookie, Oregon State)

--DT Josh Tupou (rookie, Colorado)

--WR Kermit Whitfield (rookie, Florida State)

--DT DeShawn Williams (second-year player, Clemson)

--HB Jarveon Williams (rookie, Texas-San Antonio)

--S Brandon Wilson (rookie, Houston)

  • Placed two players on the Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner list:

--LB Vontaze Burfict (sixth-year player, Arizona State, suspended for three games)

--CB Adam Jones (11th-year player, West Virginia, suspended for one game)

Here’s a look at the Bengals’ 53-man roster (updated as of 8:45 p.m. on Monday):

Cincinnati Bengals 53-Man Roster

# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
97 Atkins, Geno DT 6-1 300 29 8 Georgia
25 Bernard, Giovani HB 5-9 205 25 5 North Carolina
75 Billings, Andrew DT 6-1 325 22 2 Baylor
61 Bodine, Russell C 6-3 308 25 4 North Carolina
65 Boling, Clint G 6-5 305 28 7 Georgia
83 Boyd, Tyler WR 6-2 197 22 2 Pittsburgh
4 Bullock, Randy K 5-9 206 27 6 Texas A&M
82 Carter, Cethan H-B 6-3 241 23 R Nebraska
16 Core, Cody WR 6-3 210 23 2 Mississippi
14 Dalton, Andy QB 6-2 220 29 7 Texas Christian
21 Dennard, Darqueze CB 5-11 198 25 4 Michigan State
96 Dunlap, Carlos DE 6-6 280 28 8 Florida
85 Eifert, Tyler TE 6-6 255 26 5 Notre Dame
50 Evans, Jordan LB 6-2 233 22 R Oklahoma
12 Erickson, Alex WR 6-0 195 24 2 Wisconsin
42 Fejedelem, Clayton S 6-0 205 24 2 Illinois
74 Fisher, Jake OT 6-6 305 24 3 Oregon
67 Glasgow, Ryan DT 6-3 302 23 R Michigan
18 Green, A.J. WR 6-4 210 29 7 Georgia
46 Harris, Clark LS 6-5 250 33 9 Rutgers
89 Hewitt, Ryan H-B 6-4 255 26 4 Stanford
32 Hill, Jeremy HB 6-1 235 24 4 Louisiana State
66 Hopkins, Trey G 6-3 310 25 2 Texas
10 Huber, Kevin P 6-1 211 32 9 Cincinnati
43 Iloka, George S 6-4 225 27 6 Boise State
22 Jackson, William CB 6-0 187 24 2 Houston
90 Johnson, Michael DE 6-7 272 30 9 Georgia Tech
60 Johnson, T.J. C 6-4 300 27 4 South Carolina
27 Kirkpatrick, Dre CB 6-2 185 27 6 Alabama
81 Kroft, Tyler TE 6-6 250 24 3 Rutgers
11 LaFell, Brandon WR 6-3 210 30 8 Louisiana State
58 Lawson, Carl LB 6-2 261 22 R Auburn
80 Malone, Josh WR 6-3 208 21 R Tennessee
5 McCarron, AJ QB 6-3 220 26 3 Alabama
51 Minter, Kevin LB 6-0 246 26 5 LSU
28 Mixon, Joe HB 6-1 228 21 R Oklahoma
56 Nickerson, Hardy LB 6-0 232 23 R Illinois
70 Ogbuehi, Cedric OT 6-5 310 25 3 Texas A&M
62 Redmond, Alex G 6-5 310 22 1 UCLA
57 Rey, Vincent LB 6-0 250 29 7 Duke
15 Ross, John WR 5-11 188 22 R Washington
20 Russell, KeiVarae CB 5-11 196 23 2 Notre Dame
26 Shaw, Josh CB 6-1 200 25 3 Southern California
92 Sims, Pat DT 6-2 330 31 10 Auburn
71 Smith, Andre G 6-4 325 30 9 Alabama
94 Smith, Chris DE 6-1 266 25 4 Arkansas
31 Smith, Derron S 5-10 200 25 3 Fresno State
87 Uzomah, C.J. TE 6-6 265 24 3 Auburn
59 Vigil, Nick LB 6-2 239 24 2 Utah State
63 Westerman, Christian G 6-3 300 24 2 Arizona State
36 Williams, Shawn S 6-0 210 26 5 Georgia
99 Willis, Jordan DE 6-4 255 22 R Kansas State

*Note - Jeff Driskel made the initial 53-man roster, but has since been moved to Injured Reserve. He’s eligible for one of the Bengals’ two designations to return, should the team choose to use that on him.

Here’s a look at the 10-man practice squad:

Bengals practice squad

# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
52 Bell, Brandon LB 6-1 229 22 R Penn State
3 Elliott, Jake K 5-9 167 22 R Memphis
78 Perkins, Kent OT 6-5 320 22 R Texas
68 Tupou, Josh DT 6-3 350 23 R Colorado
13 Whitfield, Kermit WR 5-8 184 23 R Florida State
69 Williams, DeShawn DT 6-1 295 24 2 Clemson
39 Williams, Jarveon HB 5-9 202 22 R Texas- San Antonio
40 Wilson, Brandon S 5-11 200 23 R Houston
Sojourn, Shelton CB 5-9 168 R Wisconsin
Toner, Cole G 6-7 300 2 Harvard

And the Injured Reserve list:

Bengals IR List

# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
33 Carson, Tra HB 5-11 231 24 1 Texas A&M
84 Kumerow, Jake WR 6-4 206 25 1 Wisconsin-Whitewater
30 Peerman, Cedric HB 5-10 212 30 8 Virginia
86 Schreck, Mason TE 6-5 258 23 R Buffalo