Aug 30, 2023

Chiefs finalize 53-man roster, acquire D-line help and trade Smith-Marsette

Posted Aug 30, 2023 12:47 AM
Stock photo by Tommy Rezac.
Stock photo by Tommy Rezac.

By TOMMY REZAC

St. Joseph Post

The Kansas City Chiefs finalized their 53-man roster on NFL Roster Cut Day Tuesday. The deadline to cut players was 3 p.m. central time.

Among the biggest moves made, the Chiefs acquired defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr. from the Raiders for a sixth-round draft pick.

The trade for help along the defensive line is because Chris Jones has been placed on the reserve/did not report list. 

Jones has been holding out in hopes of earning a lucrative long-term contract, but has been racking up millions in fines for missing mandatory minicamp, training camp and three preseason games.

Elsewhere, the Panthers acquired receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette from the Chiefs in a deal involving a swap of conditional 2025 seventh-round draft picks.

Smith-Marsette is coming off a strong preseason where he was second in the league with 195 yards receiving on nine catches. 

Meanwhile, backup quarterbacks Shane Buechele and Chris Oladokun were released, as were running backs Deneric Prince, La’Mical Perine and corner Ekow Boye-Doe.

Players with less than four years of NFL experience that are waived are placed on waivers until 11 a.m. central time Wednesday. Once the waiver deadline expires, teams can start signing players to their practice squad.

Full list of roster moves

Released
Blanton, Kendall (TE - Missouri)
Bush, Deon (DB - Miami)
Reiter, Austin (C - South Florida)
Shelton, Danny (NT - Washington)  

WaivedBootle, Dicaprio (DB - Nebraska)
Boye-Doe, Ekow (DB - Kansas State)
Buechele, Shane (QB - Southern Methodist)
Bushman, Matt (TE - Brigham Young)
Christiansen, Cole (LB - Army)
Cook, Anthony (DB - Texas)
Ealy, Jerrion (RB - Mississippi)
Fryfogle, Ty (WR - Indiana)
Gathings, Izaiah (WR - Middle Tennessee)
Godrick, Chukwuebuka (T - No College)
Green, Juwan (WR - Albany, N.Y.)
Gutierrez, Sebastian (T - Minot State)
Hailassie, Kahlef (DB - Western Kentucky)
Hardy, Anderson (T - Appalachian State)
Hoskins, Phil (DT - Kentucky)
Jackson, Lamar (DB - Nebraska)
Jones, Truman (DE - Harvard)
Kaindoh, Joshua (DE - Florida State)
Kinnard, Darian (T - Kentucky)
Lowe, Duron (DB - Liberty)
Norman, Isaiah (DB - Marshall)
Oladokun, Chris (QB - South Dakota State)
Perine, La'Mical (RB - Florida)
Powell, Cornell (WR - Clemson)
Prince, Deneric (RB - Tulsa)
Scott, Ty (WR - Missouri State)
Taylor, Reese (DB - Purdue)
Williams, Chris (DT - Wagner)
Wise, Daniel (DE - Kansas)  

Waived, Injured
Carvin, Jerome (G - Tennessee)
Fatukasi, Olakunle (LB - Rutgers)
Remigio, Nikko (WR - Fresno State)

Traded to Panthers
Smith-Marsette, Ihmir (WR - Iowa)

Reserve/Did Not Report
Jones, Chris (DT - Mississippi State)  

Acquired Via Trade with Raiders
Farrell, Neil (DT - Louisiana State)