The Los Angeles Rams have officially cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of today’s deadline.
Roster Cuts:
- QB Brandon Allen
- G Abdul Beecham
- TE Kendall Blanton
- TE Romello Brooker
- TE Keenan Brown
- RB Matt Colburn
- OT Brandon Hitner
- OT Vitas Hyrnkiewicz
- WR Jalen Greene
- DB Jake Gervase
- DT Bryant Jones
- OT Matt Kaskey
- LB Ketner Kupp
- P Brock Miller
- WR Austin Proehl
- WR Johnathan Lloyd
- DB Ramon Richards
- DT Boogie Roberts
- CB Donte Deayon
- LB Dakota Allen
- DE Jonathan Franklin-Meyers
- OT Chandler Brewer
- DT Marquise Copeland
- RB Justin Davis
- DE Landis Durham
- WR Khadarel Hodge
- RB John Kelly
- G Jeremiah Kolone
- S Steven Parker
- CB Kevin Peterson
- QB John Wolford
- WR Alex Bachman (Injured)
- LB Josh Carraway (Injured)
- CB Dominique Hatfield (Injured)
- LB Trevon Young (Injured)
The Rams also placed LB Micah Kiser on injured reserve.
Allen, 26, is a former sixth-round pick out of Arkansas by the Jaguars back in 2016. He is entering the third year of a four-year, $2.4 million rookie contract and stands to make a base salary of $630,000 for the 2018 season.
The Jaguars somewhat surprising waived him coming out of the preseason last year and he was later claimed off of waivers by the Rams. Unfortunately, Allen finished out the season on injured reserve.
The Rams waived Allen coming out of the preseason last year and he was later signed to their practice squad.
During his four-year college career, Allen recorded 583 completions on 1,016 pass attempts (57.4 percent) for 7,463 yards, 64 touchdowns, and 26 interceptions.
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