Buccaneers Officially Cut 36 players

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have officially cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of today’s deadline. 

Roster Cuts:

1. S Lukas Denis
2. WR Matthew Eaton
3. CB De’Vante Harris
4. G Ruben Holcomb
5. OLB Farrington Huguenin
6. WR Anthony Johnson
7. OLB David Kenney
8. WR DaMarkus Lodge
9. TE Scott Orndoff
10. T William Poehls
11. DL Elijah Qualls
12. T Brock Ruble
13. WR Spencer Schnell
14. ILB Emmanuel Smith
15. QB Vincent Testaverde
16. DL Stevie Tu’ikolovatu
17. G Salesi Uhatafe
18. OL Josh LeRibeus
19. ILB Corey Nelson 
20. WR K.J. Brent
21. WR Cortrelle Simpson
22. DL Jeremiah Ledbetter (Injured)
23. WR Emanuel Hall
24. QB Nick Fitzgerald (Non-Football Injury)
25. S John Battle 
26. CB Mazzi Wilkins 
27. S Isaiah Johnson
28. RB Bruce Anderson 
29. TE Jordan Leggett 
30. DL Terry Beckner 
31. OT Cole Boozer 
32. DE Noah Spence
33. RB Andre Ellington
34. S Kentrell Brice
35. C Nate Trewyn
36. K Cairo Santos

Other Roster Moves:

• CB Ryan Smith – Suspended list
• OLB Jason Pierre-Paul – Non-Football Injury list

Nelson, 27, is a former seventh-round pick of the Broncos back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2,268,600 contract and made a base salary of $690,000 for the 2017 season before signing one-year, $1.6 million contract with the Eagles this past March.

Unfortunately, the Eagles elected to release Nelson in a move that cleared $1 million of available cap space. He late signed on with the Falcons but was cut loose in September.

Nelson signed a futures deal with the Buccaneers this January.

In 2017, Nelson appeared in five games for the Broncos and recorded four tackles and no sacks.