Raiders waive DeShone Kizer, five others



Vegas is trimming down their 
90-man roster. They're now down to three quarterbacks.

The Las Vegas Raiders are now down to three quarterbacks after waiving DeShone Kizer on Tuesday.

The team claimed Kizer off waivers las September but didn't play in any regular season game as David Carr's back up. 

Raiders waive Kizer and five others

Las Vegas is now left with Marcus Mariota and Nathan Peterman playing behind Carr at quarterback.

Multiple sources reported that the Raiders also waived tight end Paul Butler, linebacker Te'Von Coney, defensive end Kendall Donnerson, offensive lineman Kyle Kalis and linebacker Quentin Poling. 

Of all the players waived, only Poling saw action for the Raiders last year.

Kizer's NFL career

The Cleveland Browns selected Kizer in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft. 

As a rookie, Kizer started in 15 games for the 0-16 Browns team. He put up a total of 275-of-518 for 3,081 yards, 11 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in those 18 overall appearances in Cleveland.

Kizer last saw action for the Green Bay Packers in 2018.


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