Non-playoff teams start signing players for 2024 rosters
Thirteen players with Alabama football roots signed reserve/future contracts with NFL teams on Monday.
Sixteen of the 18 teams that aren’t involved in the NFL playoffs announced reserve/future signings on Monday of players who were on their practice squads in the final week of the regular season.
A player signed to a reserve/future contract can be added to an NFL team’s roster when it expands from 53 to 90 players for the offseason on the first day of the NFL’s 2023 business year on March 13. The newly signed players become eligible to participate in offseason workouts, minicamps and OTAs as team members.
Only players who aren’t on NFL active rosters can sign reserve/future contracts.
The players from Alabama high schools and colleges who signed reserve/future contracts on Monday stayed with their 2023 teams:
· Offensive lineman Chandler Brewer (Florence) signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
· Running back Spencer Brown (Mortimer Jordan, UAB) signed with the Carolina Panthers.
· Safety Shyheim Carter (Alabama) signed with the Tennessee Titans.
· Defensive end DJ Coleman (Jacksonville State) signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
· Offensive lineman D.J. Fluker (Foley, Alabama) signed with the Las Vegas Raiders.
· Cornerback Allan George (Andalusia) signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.
· Cornerback Tae Hayes (Decatur) signed with the New York Jets.
· Wide receiver Shedrick Jackson (Hoover, Auburn) signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.
· Tight end Jordan Matthews (Madison Academy) signed with the Carolina Panthers.
· Tight end John Samuel Shenker (Auburn) signed with the Las Vegas Raiders.
· Offensive lineman Lachavious Simmons (Selma) signed with the Tennessee Titans.
· Wide receiver Cam Sims (Alabama) signed with the Carolina Panthers.
· Center Darryl Williams (Bessemer City) signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.