Buffalo Bills announce opening 53-man roster

Cutdown day is a day full of emotion for NFL players, veterans and rookies alike. These players have been working since June to make their team’s roster, and some will get their first opportunity on a 53-man roster while others will get their 10th. Some will have their dreams cut short before they even have the chance to start. So it goes in the NFL, a league that is built around winning.

The Bills announced their first wave of cuts after the preseason finale versus the Buccaneers, where they won 23-19:

DB Zy Alexander
DE Nelson Ceaser
DB Garnett Hollis Jr.
OL Rush Reimer
TE Matt Sokol
RB Elijah Young
S Tre Herndon
WR Grant DuBose (waived/injured)

The Bills released the following players on Tuesday.

QB Mike White
QB Shane Buechele
RB Frank Gore Jr.
CB Dane Jackson
CB Daequan Hardy
S Darrick Forrest
DB Tre Herndon
LB Jimmy Ciarlo
LB Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Keonta Jenkins
OL Richard Gouraige
OL Kendrick Green
OL Travis Clayton
OL Dan Feeney
OL Jacob Bayer
OL Mike Edwards
DT Casey Rogers
DT Marcus Harris
DT Zion Logue
DE Paris Shand
WR Stephen Gosnell
WR Laviska Shenault
WR KJ Hamler
WR Deon Cain
WR Kristian Wilkerson
TE Keleki Latu

Along with these releases, the Bills elevated OL Sedrick Van Pran-Granger from the PUP list and placed OT Tylan Grable, along with first-round pick Maxwell Hairston, on IR, sidelining them for at least 4 weeks. Veteran DT Jordan Phillips was signed to the 90-man roster and subsequently released. Expect him to be on the Bills’ practice squad to start the season.

DL/LB Michael Hoecht and Larry Ogunjobi were placed on the suspended/reserve list, as they serve their 6-game suspensions.

The Bills’ official 53-man roster is as follows:

QB (2): Josh Allen, Mitch Trubisky

RB (3): James Cook, Ray Davis, Ty Johnson

FB (1): Reggie Gilliam

WR (6): Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer, Curtis Samuel, Tyrell Shavers, Elijah Moore

TE (3): Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox, Jackson Hawes

OL (9): Dion Dawkins, David Edwards, Connor McGovern, O’Cyrus Torrence, Spencer Brown, Alec Anderson, Ryan Van Demark, Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Chase Lundt

DT(5): Ed Oliver, DaQuan Jones, T.J. Sanders, Deone Walker, DeWayne Carter

Edge (5): Greg Rousseau, Joey Bosa, A.J. Epenesa, Landon Jackson, Javon Solomon

LB (5): Matt Milano, Terrel Bernard, Shaq Thompson, Dorian Williams, Joe Andreessen

CB (7): Christian Benford, Tre’Davious White, Taron Johnson, Dorian Strong, Cam Lewis, Ja’Marcus Ingram, Brandon Codrington

S (4): Taylor Rapp, Cole Bishop, Damar Hamlin, Jordan Hancock.

K (1): Tyler Bass

P (1): Brad Robbins

LS (1): Reid Ferguson

The 53-man roster is set, and the Bills are now focused on September 7 when they will host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football to open their 2025 season.