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Panthers reportedly working out free-agent OLB Derick Roberson

The Panthers are reportedly taking a look at a standout UFL pass rusher.

You don’t have to remind the Carolina Panthers that they’re a bit thin off the edge.

According to Joe Person of The Athletic, the team is working out free-agent outside linebacker Derick Roberson. The 28-year-old is coming off a standout campaign with the United Football League’s DC Defenders.

Roberson began his pro career as an undrafted signee of the Tennessee Titans in 2019. The San Antonio, Texas native and Sam Houston State University product would spend three years in Nashville—amassing 26 combined tackles, 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble over 16 games.

He’d then return to his home state for a short stint on the Houston Texans’ practice squad in 2022. That two-month stay would be followed by a year with the Houston Renegades of the XFL, who selected him in the second round of the league’s 2023 supplemental draft on New Year’s Day.

After his release from the Renegades later that December, Roberson landed with the DC Defenders for their 2024 season. He registered 32 combined tackles, 4.5 sacks and a pair of forced fumbles.

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Cowboys still shopping UFL; bring in 3 DEs, 1 RB for workouts

From @ToddBrock24f7: RB John Lovett and DE Wyatt Ray played for Wade Phillips and the San Antonio Brahmas this spring; 2 more DEs also visited The Star Tuesday.

After adding a pair of UFL players last week, the Cowboys are still sifting through the spring league’s rosters for talent that might help them ahead of training camp.

Four more players were at The Star in Frisco on Tuesday, according to Nick Harris of dallascowboys.com.

The first is defensive end Jonathan Garvin, whose pending visit was first reported last Wednesday. Garvin was a seventh-round draft pick of the Packers in 2020 and played 38 games in Green Bay. He was one of the UFL’s top edge rushers this season as a member of the champion Birmingham Stallions.

Defensive end Wyatt Ray was also brought in for a look. Undrafted out of Boston College in 2019, Ray has spent time with eight different NFL clubs and gotten on the field with three of them- the Titans, Bengals, and Broncos. He played this spring for former Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips and the UFL’s San Antonio Brahmas, tallying 24 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

A third defensive end also worked out with the Cowboys on Tuesday. Derick Roberson went undrafted out of Sam Houston State in 2019 and spent three seasons with the Titans. He appeared in 16 games for Tennessee and then spent 2023 with the XFL’s Houston Roughnecks. He notched 26 tackles and 4.5 sacks for the DC Defenders most recently.

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Dallas is also kicking the tires on a running back to possibly add to their backfield committee. John Lovett had a strong 423 rushing yards- finishing fourth in the league- and five touchdowns on the ground- good for second place- this season for the Brahmas. The former Baylor and Penn State product has done two stints on the Panthers practice squad and was in camp with Pittsburgh briefly last August.

(Ed. note: The John Lovett mentioned above is not to be confused with the tight end/fullback of the same name who went to Princeton, won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Chiefs in 2019, and appeared in eight games with Green Bay in 2020.)

According to Harris, the Cowboys currently have 88 players on the roster. They can have a maximum of 90 for training camp, but they do have one roster exemption for International Pathway Program player Denzel Daxon, so they can make three additional signings in all.

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Former Titans who are currently on UFL rosters

Vic Beasley is just one of the former Titans who are currently on UFL rosters.

After operating separately in 2023, the USFL and XFL decided to merge, creating the United Football League (UFL), which will consist of eight teams, all of which were in either of the two aforementioned leagues.

Those eight teams include the Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas and St. Louis Battlehawks.

Here’s how the teams were put together, per TheUFL.com:

Each team will protect 42 players from its 2023 roster and select up to 20 players from the rosters of teams that will not be moving forward in 2024 from their previous league.

Players not protected or selected on Friday will be available for all UFL teams to choose from, regardless of previous league. That process will take place during a second dispersal draft on Jan. 15.

With the second dispersal draft in the books, players who were not selected became free agents as of Jan. 16.

UFL teams will have to lock in their 75-man training camp rosters by Feb. 14, 10 days before training camps begin on Feb. 24. Rosters will be cut down to 50 prior to the start of the season, which is March 30.

After perusing the rosters of each UFL team, we found plenty of former Titans. Here’s the list:

Texans release DL Derick Roberson from practice squad, sign DL Brandin Bryant

The Houston Texans released DL Derick Roberson from their practice squad, but added DL Brandin Bryant, who has familiarity with Jacques Cesaire.

The Houston Texans are still tinkering with their personnel on the practice squad as they prepare to take on the New York Giants in Week 10.

The Texans released former Sam Houston State defensive lineman Derick Roberson from the practice squad. Houston activated Roberson for one game in the 2022 campaign. Previously the Texans signed Roberson to the practice squad on Sept. 8. The former San Antonio Brennan High School product played 17 games for the Titans from 2019-21, starting in one of them.

The Texans also signed former Florida Atlantic defensive lineman Brandin Bryant to the practice squad. Bryant previously spent the past three seasons with the Buffalo Bills, playing six games for the AFC East club, which gives him familiarity with Texans defensive line coach Jacques Cesaire.

Ex-Titans OLB Derick Roberson had minicamp tryout with Colts

Former Titans OLB Derick Roberson was at Colts mandatory minicamp on a tryout basis.

Former Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Derick Roberson was one of five players to attend Indianapolis Colts mandatory minicamp on a tryout basis last week.

Roberson, along with former Buffalo Bills defensive end Bryan Cox Jr., and rookies such as Arkansas wide receiver Tyson Morris, former Army safety Cedrick Cunningham and former Texas State defensive tackle Caeveon Patton all got a look from Indy, per Joel A. Erickson of the IndyStar.

Unfortunately for Roberson, the tryout didn’t lead to a signing, as only Cox Jr. and Patton were inked following the tryout.

A former undrafted free agent signing of the Titans in 2019, Roberson spent three years with Tennessee, appearing in 16 games (one start) and tallying 4.5 sacks.

Roberson showed promise towards the end of the 2019 campaign with three sacks in his last two games, but was never able to build on that in the two years since, while also struggling to stay healthy.

The 26-year-old entered the 2022 offseason as a restricted free agent, but the Titans did not extend him a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.

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Colts have 5 players at minicamp on tryout basis

Colts have five players on a tryout basis attending minicamp.

The Indianapolis Colts have five players attending mandatory minicamp this week on a tryout basis, per Joel A. Erickson of The Indianapolis Star.

Two of the five players are veterans in former Tennessee Titans edge rusher Derick Roberson and former Buffalo Bills defensive end Bryan Cox Jr. The other three are rookies.

They include former Arkansas wide receiver Tyson Morris, former Army safety Cedrick Cunningham and former Texas State defensive tackle Caeveon Patton.

The Colts wrap up minicamp Thursday and will have one more week of OTAs for the rookies before breaking for summer and returning to Westfield for training camp at the end of July.

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Tennessee Titans won’t tender OLB Derick Roberson

Derick Roberson will now become an unrestricted free agent.

The Tennessee Titans have reportedly decided not to place a tender on outside linebacker Derick Roberson, which likely means his days in Nashville are over.

The news comes from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. He also notes that Roberson, who was an unrestricted free agent entering the offseason, will now become an unrestricted free agent.

Roberson was an undrafted free agent signing by the Titans out of Sam Houston State in 2019. The 26-year-old made some noise in his rookie season, tallying three sacks in three contests.

Since then, Roberson has struggled to get much going. In 13 games (one start) the last two seasons, the outside linebacker has 1.5 sacks and 20 combined tackles. He has also been plagued by injuries.

The decision to not tender Roberson comes on the heels of the Titans inking Harold Landry to a five-year, $87.5 million deal. Tennessee also re-signed defensive lineman Teair Tart to a one-year deal on Wednesday.

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Tennessee Titans vs. Miami Dolphins inactives for Week 17

Derick Roberson, who was the only Titans player listed as questionable, has been ruled out.

The Tennessee Titans and Miami Dolphins have released their list of inactives ahead of the Week 17 contest at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

Ahead of Sunday, the Titans ruled out defensive lineman Larrell Murchison (knee), who was originally listed as questionable but was downgraded on Saturday.

Wide receiver Julio Jones, linebacker Jayon Brown and backup offensive tackle Kendall Lamm are also out after they weren’t activated from the COVID-19 list yesterday.

Derick Roberson (illness) was the only player who was listed as questionable for the Titans after Murchison was ruled out. He is officially inactive for the game.

Meanwhile, the Dolphins had two players listed as questionable in defensive lineman Adam Butler and safety Brandon Jones. Both players have cleared the COVID-19 protocol and are active for this game.

Now, we take a look at the full list of inactives for both the Titans and Dolphins ahead of their Week 17 matchup on Sunday.

Titans activate Derick Roberson off IR, add Dylan Cole to active roster

The Titans activated Roberson on the same day his 21-day window was set to expire.

The Tennessee Titans made a trio of moves on Tuesday, the biggest of which was activating outside linebacker Derick Roberson off Injured Reserve.

The move comes just in the nick of time, as Roberson’s 21-day window to be activated was about to run out today. Had he not been activated before that deadline, Roberson would have been out for the year.

In addition to activating Roberson, the Titans also added linebacker Dylan Cole to the active roster and wide receiver Cody Hollister to the practice squad. Hollister has spent multiple stints in Nashville.

Cole was a practice squad elevation in Week 10 and came up big for the Titans after he forced a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half.

The Titans getting Roberson back comes on the heels of fellow outside linebacker Bud Dupree suffering an abdomen injury. If the ailment forces Dupree to miss time, Roberson could potentially see an increased role.

Tennessee now has two open spots on their practice squad, and one on the 53-man roster.

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Titans designate 3 to return from IR, sign 1 to practice squad

The Titans have begun the process of bringing back three of their players off IR.

The Tennessee Titans have designated three of their players to return from Injured Reserve, and signed one more to the practice squad.

The Titans announced they have designated inside linebacker Jayon Brown, outside linebacker Derick Roberson and backup guard/center Aaron Brewer to return from IR.

This opens the 21-day window for each player to be activated from the list and placed back on the 53-man roster. It remains to be seen if any of them will be available for Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

Also, the Titans have added another running back to their practice squad after inking Dontrell Hilliard, who was one of three players to work out for the team last week.

Hilliard was originally an undrafted free agent signing of the Cleveland Browns in 2018. He has spent three seasons in the NFL, totaling 22 carries for 97 yards and 22 catches for 199 yards.

He has some return experience, also, fielding 15 punts and 35 kickoffs to the tune of 7.1 and 23.1 yards per return, respectively.

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