Buccaneers Cut 36 Players

August 29, 2023

The Tama Bay Buccaneers officially cut their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday ahead of the deadline.

The full list of cuts includes:

WR Taye Barber
LB Brandon Bouyer-Randle
DL C.J. Brewer
RB Ronnie Brown
LS Evan Deckers
OL Silas Dzansi
WR Kaylon Geiger Sr.
OL Luke Haggard
CB Keenan Isaac
WR Cephus Johnson III
S Richard Lecounte III
WR Ryan Miller
OL John Molchon
OL Michael Niese
OL Raiqwon O’Neal
DL Willington Previlon
OLB Jose Ramirez
OLB Hamilcar Rashed Jr.
LB J.J. Russell
OLB Charles Snowden
TE Tanner Taula
S Nolan Turner
WR Kade Warner
CB Rodarius Williams
S Avery Young
CB Anthony Chesley
LB Ulysees Gilbert III
RB Patrick Laird
WR David Moore
DL Patrick O’Connor
DL Deadrin Senat
QB John Wolford
TE Dominique Dafney (Injured)
CB Don Gardner (Injured)
S Kedrick Whitehead Jr. (Injured)
OL Chris Murray

The Buccaneers also placed C Ryan Jensen on injured reserve as expected.

Wolford, 27, wound up signing on with the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest. He was in the first year of his three-year, $1.71 million contract with the Jets when they waived him coming out of the preseason. He had a brief stint on their practice squad before signing on with the Arizona Hotshots of the AAF.

Wolford joined the Rams in April of 2019 after the AAF suspended operations and was waived during final roster cuts, but joined the practice squad soon after.

He signed a futures contract with the Rams back in December of 2019 and was called up to the active roster where he started in one game. He also started a playoff game for the Rams against the Seahawks but was forced out of the game due to injury. Los Angeles brought him back for the 2022 season as an exclusive rights free agent.

After the Rams declined to tender him as a restricted free agent, Wolford signed with the Buccaneers as an unrestricted free agent.

In 2022, Wolford appeared in three games for the Rams and completed 38-62 pass attempts (61.3 percent) for 390 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He added eight carries for 32 yards.