FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots released 17 players today in compliance with the NFL's 53-man roster limit, which goes into effect at 6:00 p.m. EDT. Tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. EDT, NFL teams may establish a practice squad of up to eight players. The roster lines for players released today are listed below.
RELEASED BY THE PATRIOTS
NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN
Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 02/08/82 2 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas
Bailey, Rodney DL 6-3 305 10/07/79 5 Ohio State Cleveland, Ohio
Chapman, Kory RB 6-1 202 07/13/80 1 Jacksonville State Batesville, Miss.
Childress, Bam WR 5-10 185 03/31/82 R Ohio State Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Eckel, Kyle FB 5-11 244 12/30/81 R Navy Haverford, Pa.
Jacobs, Joel TE 6-3 250 10/28/80 1 Nebraska-Kearney Mullen, Neb.
Leyva, Victor T 6-4 307 12/18/77 4 Arizona State Porterville, Calif.
Mruczkowski, Gene G/C 6-2 305 06/06/80 3 Purdue Cleveland, Ohio
Roehl, Jeff T 6-4 300 05/18/80 2 Northwestern Evergreen Park, Ill.
Sam, P.K. WR 6-3 210 02/26/83 2 Florida State Buford, Ga.
Steen, Grant LB 6-2 240 10/22/80 1 Iowa Emmetsburg, Iowa
Sverchek, Tom DL 6-3 300 01/30/82 R California San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Terrell, David WR 6-3 212 03/13/79 5 Michigan Richmond, Va.
Torrey, Andre LB 6-4 245 01/28/82 R Arizona Alameda, Calif.
Ventrone, Raymond S 5-10 200 10/21/82 R Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa.
Weaver, Jed TE 6-4 258 08/11/76 7 Oregon Redmond, Ore.
Yates, Billy G 6-2 305 04/15/80 2 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas
