Eagles Release DE Connor Barwin

The Philadelphia Eagles announced that they’ve releasedย DE Connor Barwin on Thursday.

Barwin, 30, is a former second-round pick of the Texans back in 2009. He will be entering the fifth year of his six-year, $36 million contractย that included $8 million guaranteed and stands to make a base salary of $7 million for the 2017 season.

According toย OverTheCap.com, releasing Barwin will free up $7.75 millionย in available cap space while creating $600,000 in dead money.

In 2016, Barwin appeared all 16 games for the Eagles and recorded 34 tackles, five sacks, a forced fumble and two pass defenses.ย Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 100 edge rusher out of 109 qualifying players.

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