The Las Vegas Raiders added a former Alabama prep standout and Alabama State defensive back Keenan Isaac to their roster on Wednesday, when they signed Keenan Isaac for their practice squad.

The cornerback was available after being waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Nov. 12.

Isaac played in two games for the Bucs as an undrafted rookie in 2023 and played in five games for Tampa Bay this season. All of Isaac’s regular-season experience with the Buccaneers came on special teams.

A football and basketball standout at Midfield High School, Isaac became a starter in the Alabama State secondary as a freshman.

This season, Tampa Bay cut Isaac when it reduced its preseason roster to the regular-season limit on Aug. 27. He landed on the Carolina Panthers as a waiver claim the next day. But on the eve of their season-opener, the Panthers waived the cornerback, and on Sept. 10, the Bucs re-signed him for their active roster. Tampa Bay then waived Isaac on Sept. 20, signed him for the practice squad on Sept. 24 and promoted him to the active roster on Oct. 15 before waiving him again last week.

Practice-squad players do everything that players on the active roster do except play in games. However, each NFL team can elevate two practice-squad players to active status for each game.

Another former Alabama high school standout will be eligible to play on Sunday after being activated from injured reserve on Wednesday.

The Detroit Lions restored defensive tackle Brodric Martin to their 53-player active roster. He had spent the first 11 weeks of the season on injured reserve because of a preseason knee injury.

Martin returned to practice on Oct. 30, and Wednesday was the final day for the Lions to put him on the active roster. Otherwise, Martin would have remained on injured reserve for the rest of the season.

A defensive end and tight end at Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa who also played basketball and threw the shot for the Jaguars’ track team, Martin started his college football career in 2017 with a redshirt season at North Alabama. Over the next three seasons at UNA, Martin started every game before transferring to Western Kentucky for two seasons.

Detroit traded the 122nd, 139th and 168th selections in the 2023 NFL Draft to the Arizona Cardinals to select Martin with the 96th pick.

Martin played in three games as a rookie for Detroit.

The Lions play the Indianapolis Colts at noon CST Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Raiders play the Denver Broncos at 3:05 p.m. Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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