Jaguars reduce roster to 78 players

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – According to NFL rules teams must reduce their active rosters to a maximum of 75 players, by tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30 at 4 p.m. ET. On Monday the Jacksonville Jaguars cut their roster down to 78 players.

The Jaguars waived the following eight players: fourth-year LB Joplo Bartu, third-year WR Shaq Evans, first-year K Sam Ficken, rookie CB Mike Hilton, first-year RB Cameron Marshall, fourth-year CB Demetrius McCray, fourth-year P Ryan Quigley and rookie WR Jamal Robinson.

The Jaguars placed seventh-year OL Jeff Linkenbach (concussion) on the team’s reserve/injured list.

The Jaguars assigned the reserve/physically unable to perform designation to third-year OL Luke Bowanko (hip) and rookie DL Jonathan Woodard (achilles). Players assigned the reserve/physically unable to perform designation do not count against the team’s active roster and can return to practice any time between Week 6 and Week 11 and then have a 21-day window before they must be moved to the active roster, kept on the team’s reserve/physically unable to perform list or waived.

The Jaguars waived/injured third-year S Earl Wolff (hamstring). Wolff will revert to the team’s injured reserve list if he clears waivers.

The Jaguars still have three more cuts to make in order to bring their roster to 75 by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline.