{"id":833055,"date":"2026-09-01T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833055\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:20:16","slug":"buffalo-bills-initial-2026-practice-squad-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833055\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills\u2019 initial 2026 practice squad revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Buffalo Bills have put the finishing touches on their first practice-squad roster of the 2026 NFL season, with the news official now revealing a group of 17 players having signed contracts on August 31. By rostering defensive lineman Travis Clayton (who is part of the NFL\u2019s International Player Pathway program), the Bills are able to include a 17th player on the practice squad this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JaySkurski\/status\/2094550568475697204\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bills are bringing back inside linebacker Shaq Thompson<\/a> via the practice squad, per a report by Jay Skurski. Widely considered the team\u2019s best linebacker last season, Thompson played a key role with Buffalo in 2025, highlighted by his elite leadership intangibles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Among other notable initial absences are cornerback Tre\u2019Davious White, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, and linebacker Matt Milano. IT remains to be seen if any of those three find their way back to One Bills Drive later this season.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills\u2019 initial 2026 practice squad roster<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OT Nick Broeker<br \/>QB Shane Buechele<br \/>DL Travis Clayton (International Player Pathway roster exemption)<br \/>DB Te\u2019Cory Couch<br \/>WR Greg Dortch<br \/>RB Frank Gore Jr.<br \/>WR Stephen Gosnell<br \/>ILB Keonta Jenkins<br \/>OLB Andre Jones Jr.<br \/>CB Anthony Kendall<br \/>OT Chase Lundt<br \/>WR Ja\u2019Mori Maclin<br \/>WR Trent Sherfield<br \/>S Geno Stone<br \/>ILB Shaq Thompson<br \/>CB Kani Walker<br \/>OT Jedrick Wills Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills have put the finishing touches on their first practice-squad roster of the 2026 NFL season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[71478,71479,349,99],"class_list":["post-833055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-buffalo-bills-news","tag-buffalo-bills-roster","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}