Almost every player waived during the NFL’s roster reduction to reach the regular-season limit of 53 players who gets signed for practice-squad duty winds up rejoining the team that cut him.

Former Auburn linebacker Chandler Wooten is an example. He’s back with Carolina on its practice squad after being waived by the Panthers, the NFL team has announced.

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But it doesn’t happen every time as Gerrit Prince shows after signing on Friday. The former UAB tight end has joined the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice squad after the Jacksonville Jaguars waived him.

Of the 38 players from Alabama high schools and colleges who are now on NFL rosters as practice-squad members, 35 are with the teams that released them earlier in the week.

Prince is the second of the three exceptions to sign with the Chiefs. Kansas City also got former Samford wide receiver Montrell Washington after the Denver Broncos waived him.

The other exception was former Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood, who was waived by the Chicago Bears but is on the Cleveland Browns’ practice squad.

Thirteen of the practice-squad members with Alabama football roots are undrafted rookies, but that designation does not fit Wooten or Prince.

Wooten was an undrafted rookie last year. But after starting the season on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, he saw nine games of special-teams duty for the Panthers in 2022, and he had survived the initial cut to 53 players on Tuesday. But when Carolina was awarded three players on Wednesday who had been waived by other teams, the Panthers needed to clear three spots on their roster, and Wooten was waived to create one of them.

Prince also has a year in the NFL, although he did not play in a regular-season game. Prince caught on with the Jaguars as an undrafted rookie last season and spent 2022 on Jacksonville’s practice squad.

The players from Alabama high schools and colleges on NFL practice squads include:

Baltimore Ravens

· Guard Tashawn Manning (Auburn)

· Guard Tyrell Doss (Aliceville)

· Linebacker Jeremiah Moon (Hoover)

Buffalo Bills

· Wide receiver Tyrell Shavers (Alabama)

Carolina Panthers

· Guard Deonte Brown (Austin, Alabama)

· Running back Spencer Brown (Mortimer Jordan, UAB)

· Outside linebacker Eku Leota (Auburn)

· Defensive tackle Taylor Stallworth (Murphy)

· Linebacker Chandler Wooten (Auburn)

Chicago Bears

· Defensive tackle Travis Bell (Jeff Davis)

Cincinnati Bengals

· Cornerback Allan George (Andalusia)

· Wide receiver Shedrick Jackson (Hoover, Auburn)

· Linebacker Tyler Murray (Troy)

Cleveland Browns

· Offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood (Alabama)

· Wide receiver Austin Watkins (UAB)

Green Bay Packers

· Wide receiver Grant DuBose (Park Crossing)

· Offensive tackle Kadeem Telfort (UAB)

Indianapolis Colts

· Safety Ronnie Harrison (Alabama)

Jacksonville Jaguars

· Offensive lineman Chandler Brewer (Florence)

· Defensive end DJ Coleman (Jacksonville State)

· Center Darryl Williams (Bessemer City)

· Wide receiver Seth Williams (Paul Bryant, Auburn)

Kansas City Chiefs

· Quarterback Chris Oladokun (Samford)

· Running back La’Mical Perine (Theodore)

· Tight end Gerrit Prince (UAB)

· Wide receiver Montrell Washington (Samford)

Las Vegas Raiders

· Tight end John Samuel Shenker (Auburn)

Miami Dolphins

· Defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand (Alabama)

Minnesota Vikings

· Running back DeWayne McBride (UAB)

New England Patriots

· Quarterback Malik Cunningham (Park Crossing)

· Punter Corliss Waitman (South Alabama)

Philadelphia Eagles

· Punter Arryn Siposs (Auburn)

San Francisco 49ers

· Defensive tackle Marlon Davidson (Greenville, Auburn)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

· Cornerback Keenan Isaac (Midfield, Alabama State)

· Wide receiver Cephus Johnson III (Davidson, South Alabama)

Tennessee Titans

· Defensive back Shyheim Carter (Alabama)

· Cornerback Eric Garror (McGill-Toolen)

Washington Commanders

· Running back Derrick Gore (Alabama)

Each NFL team can have a 16-player practice squad. Ten must be rookies or second-year players. The practice-squad players practice with the active-roster players, but they cannot play in games, with two exceptions.

Every game, two practice-squad players can be elevated to the active roster. After the game, they revert to the practice squad without having to pass through waivers.

A player can be elevated three times during the season. If elevated a fourth time, he must be signed to the 53-player roster.

Practice-squad players with two or fewer seasons of experience receive a weekly salary of $12,000. Players with more experience have some negotiating room. They must be paid at least $16,100 per week but cannot be paid more than $20,600 per week while practice-squad members.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.