Terrell Lewis’ time with the New Orleans Saints is done without the former Alabama linebacker playing in a game for the NFL club.

The Saints placed Lewis on waivers on Monday after he had spent three weeks on the New Orleans practice squad.

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Lewis played in 11 games for the Los Angeles Rams in 2022, his third NFL season. But this is the third time he’s been released in less than 10 months.

Chicago signed Lewis last season a week after the Rams waived him on Dec. 17, but he didn’t play in either of the Bears’ remaining games.

Lewis was on Chicago’s 53-player active roster when the team reduced its preseason roster on Aug. 28 to meet the NFL’s regular-season limit. During the preseason, Lewis had recorded three sacks, including two that forced fumbles.

But the day after the roster cuts, the Bears were awarded two players off waivers, and Lewis was one of the players let go by Chicago to create the roster space for the waiver claims.

Lewis signed with the Saints after working out for the team on Sept. 13.

Lewis had 13 tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss, three quarterback hits, two passes defended and his first NFL interception while getting on the field for 332 defensive snaps and 14 special-teams plays with Los Angeles last season. Lewis made three straight starts in November for the Rams, then was inactive for two games because of a back injury before being released.

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A third-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, Lewis started his rookie season on the reserve/non-football injury list. He was recovering from knee surgery, a precautionary procedure undertaken because of infection concerns from his previous knee operation after a torn anterior cruciate ligament at Alabama in 2018.

Once he made his debut in the fifth game of the Rams’ 2020 season, Lewis played in eight games, registered five tackles and recorded two sacks as a rookie.

Halfway through the 2021 NFL season, Los Angeles acquired eight-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Von Miller from the Denver Broncos, and the pass-rusher helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI. But his acquisition also sent Lewis to the sidelines. Lewis had started the three games before Miller took over his spot in the lineup. Lewis did not play in the final six games of the regular season or Los Angeles’ four playoff games in 2021.

In 30 NFL regular-season games, including seven starts, Lewis has 40 tackles, six sacks, eight tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hits, three passes defended, one interception and one forced fumble. He’s been on the field for 823 defensive snaps and 19 special-teams plays.

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