Bills Release WR Tanner Gentry From PS, Sign DT Prince Emili

The Buffalo Bills announced they have released WR Tanner Gentry from the practice squad and signed DT Prince Emili to take his place. 

Signed DT Prince Emili to the practice squad and released WR Tanner Gentry.

— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) September 14, 2022

Buffalo’s practice squad now includes: 

1. QB Matt Barkley
2. OL Greg Mancz
3. OL Alec Anderson
4. RB Raheem Blackshear
5. RB Duke Johnson
6. WR Tavon Austin
7. WR Isaiah Hodgins
8. DE Mike Love
9. DT Brandin Bryant
10. DT C.J. Brewer
11. LB Joe Giles-Harris
12. DB Ja’Marcus Ingram
13. OT Ryan Van Demark
14. TE Zach Davidson
15. CB Kyler McMichael
16. DT Prince Emili

Gentry, 27, wound up signing a three-year, $1.66 million contract with the Bears as an undrafted free agent out of Wyoming back in 2017. He was set to make base salaries of $465,000 and $555,000 over the first two years of the contract when the Bears cut him loose coming out of the preseason and later signed him to their practice squad.

Gentry bounced back and forth between the roster and practice squad for two seasons, returning on futures deals in 2018 and 2019. Chicago cut him coming out of the preseason in 2019 and he was not brought back to the practice squad. 

The Bills signed Gentry to a futures deal for the 2021 season and he managed to stick around on the practice squad when the regular season began. He had been brought back on another futures deal and re-signed to the practice squad in 2022.  

In 2017, Gentry appeared in four games and caught three passes for 35 yards receiving and no touchdowns for the Bears.