Will Mitchell Tinsley secure a 53-man roster spot with Commanders?

Former Penn State receiver Mitchell Tinsley hoping to make 53-man roster in Washington

The Tuesday deadline for NFL teams to make their final roster moves to get to a 53-man roster is here. Former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley was among the final cuts by the New England Patriots on Monday, and another former Nittany Lion is under a bit of a magnifying glass as the hours tick away to the final NFL roster deadline. Wide receiver Mithcell Tinsley could be a player to watch as the Washington Commanders make their final roster decisions.

Tinsley had his best preseason performance in Washington’s preseason finale against the Cincinnati Bengals, and it may have come at the perfect time. Tinsley is in a battle for one of the final wide receiver spots on the Commanders’ roster. Picking up his first touchdown certainly helped his case.

But scoring his second may have been even better.

It wasn’t just touchdowns that Tinsley added to his final audition reel. Check out this effort form the former Nittany Lion receiver.

Tinsley played just one season at Penn State in 2022 after transferring from Western Kentucky. He ended the 2022 season as Penn State’s second-leading receiver with 577 yards and scored a touchdown in the Rose Bowl victory at the end of the season.  Tinsley signed with Washington as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 NFL draft.

We’ll see if this is enough to secure a final roster spot on the Commanders roster, joining former Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson in the receiver room. But even if Tinsley doesn’t make that final cut, this performance against the Bengals may be more than enough to catch a spot somewhere in the league soon enough.

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