{"id":214768,"date":"2025-10-15T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/214768\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:23:10","slug":"2-alabama-alumni-lose-their-nfl-roster-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/214768\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Alabama alumni lose their NFL roster spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Alabama<\/a> players Javon Baker <\/a>and Darrian Dalcourt<\/a> lost their NFL roster positions on Tuesday. Both players had been members of practice squads.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Eagles released<\/a> Baker. The Carolina Panthers released<\/a> Dalcourt.<\/p>\n

Baker played in 11 games, caught one pass and returned three kickoffs last season for the New England Patriots, who had chosen the wide receiver from UCF in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. <\/p>\n

Baker caught nine passes for 116 yards and one touchdown in two seasons at Alabama before posting 108 receptions for 1,935 yards and 12 touchdowns in two seasons at UCF.<\/p>\n

Baker did not survive the roster cut from the preseason to the regular season with New England in August and joined the Philadelphia practice squad on Sept. 5.<\/p>\n

Baker\u2019s release on Tuesday came after the Eagles released former Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks<\/a> from their practice squad on Monday. Philadelphia has waived or released Ricks five times since Aug. 26. <\/p>\n

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Like Baker, Dalcourt is in his second NFL season. But the guard has never played in an NFL regular-season game and now has been released three times in the past seven weeks.<\/p>\n

Dalcourt spent last season on the Baltimore Ravens\u2019 practice squad as an undrafted rookie. When he failed to make the Ravens\u2019 regular-season roster in August, he signed with the Washington Commanders for practice-squad duty. But two weeks in, Dalcourt got hurt and was released on Sept. 16. <\/p>\n

On Oct. 7, the Panthers picked up Dalcourt for their practice squad. But one week later, Carolina released him.<\/p>\n

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