Practice Squad Contracts Expired For Dolphins DB Bene Benwikere & WR Da’Ron Brown

The practice squad contracts for Dolphins WR Da’Ron Brown and DB Bene Benwikere officially expired on Monday.

This means that both players are now free agents. However, they could still be signed to futures deals in the coming weeks.

Benwikere, 25, is a former fifth-round pick of the Panthers back in 2014. He’s was in the third year of his four-year, $2.419 million contract and set to make a base salary of $600,000 for the 2016 season when the Panthers elected to cut him loose back in October.

Benwikere was later claimed off of waivers by the Dolphins. However, Miami cut him loose soon after and he was later added to their practice squad.

In 2016, Benwikere has appeared in four games for the Panthers and recorded 10 tackles, one interception and four pass defenses for the Panthers. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 87 cornerback out of 111 qualifying players.

Editor’s note: The initial post mentioned that these players had signed future/reserve contracts, but their practice squad contracts actually expired.