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Cowboys Claim OT Jordan Mills off Waivers
The Dallas Cowboys have claimed OT Jordan Mills off of waivers from the Chicago Bears to solidify the swing tackle position after Darrion Weems did not lock down the position after Jeremy Parnell left in free agency.
The Cowboys released LB Jasper Brinkley to make room for Mills. The Cowboys went heavy with 7 in the initial cut down.
How bout dem Cowboys , Dallas here I come.
— Jordan Mills (@JordanMills_67) September 7, 2015
Height: 6-5 Weight: 316 Age: 24
Born: 12/24/1990 Thibodaux , LA
College: Louisiana Tech
Experience: 3rd season
High School: Assumption HS [Napoleonville, LA]
Mills has started 29 games in the past 2 seasons.
Cowboys cut down to 53
To get to 53, the Dallas Cowboys had to cut 20 players, with Rolando McClain and Greg Hardy going on the Commissioner’s suspension list. The few surprises include the cutting of the 3rd and 4th string quarterbacks and Ben Gardner was the defensive lineman that lost in the battle of Lavar Edwards, Ken Bishop and Davon Coleman.
The list of players cut:
| Agnew, Ray | RB | Southern Illinois | |||
| Baggs, Donnie | LB | Texas A&M | |||
| Gardner, Ben | DE | Stanford | |||
| Gates, Edmond | WR | Abilene Christian | |||
| Gibson, Laurence | T | Virginia Tech | |||
| Harwell, Nick | WR | Kansas | |||
| Jackson, Justin | LB | Wake Forest | |||
| Jenkins, A.J. | WR | Illinois | |||
| Johnson, Dakorey | LB | Kansas State | |||
| Johnson, Gus | RB | Stephen F. Austin | |||
| Malena, Ben | RB | Texas A&M | |||
| McDermott, Shane | C | Miami | |||
| Obada, Efe | DE | No College | |||
| Patrick, Ronald | C | South Carolina | |||
| Ross, Joel | DB | Appalachian State | |||
| Scott, Tim | DB | North Carolina | |||
| Showers, Jameill | QB | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Vaughan, Dustin | QB | West Texas A&M | |||
| Wetzel, John | T | Boston College |
Players must clear waivers before they can be assigned to the practice squad.
Dallas Cowboys September 1st Cuts
To get to the 75 man roster limit the Cowboys made roster moves that included cutting 7 players and designating 3.
Orlando Scandrick was placed on Injured Reserves, while third-round pick Chaz Green was moved to Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform and seventh-round pick Mark Nzeocha was designated to the Non-Football Injury list.
The Cowboys cut the following players:
| DALLAS | ||||
| Barden, Brandon | TE | Vanderbilt | ||
| Boatright, Kenneth | DE | Southern Illinois | ||
| Brown, Jonathan | LB | Illinois | ||
| Dill, R.J. | T | Rutgers | ||
| Goodley, Antwan | WR | Baylor | ||
| Hill, Michael | RB | Missouri Western | ||
| Porter, David | WR | Texas Christian | ||
Dallas Cowboys August 31st Cuts
With the roster having to get to 75, the Dallas Cowboys first round of cuts included the following:
| DALLAS | |||||
| Bates, Phil | WR | Ohio | |||
| Hornsey, Tom | P | Memphis | |||
| Kreiter, Casey | LS | Iowa | |||
| Steeples, Robert | DB | Memphis | |||
| Taylor, Carlif | DT | Southern Connecticut State | |||
| Vinopal, Ray | DB | Pittsburgh | |||
