NFL Training Camp underway with 15 former SWAC players active

Courtesy SWAC.org

 

Several former Southwestern Athletic Conference players are vying for spots as NFL training camps are in full swing across the league.
 

Although rosters will remain in flux until the final cuts, with changes made daily, as of Wednesday evening there were 15 former players camp rosters.



Seven conference schools have at least one player that is currently active led by Alabama State with four.  Alabama A&M, Grambling State, Southern and Arkansas Pine Bluff each have to players in camp.

The latest additions from the SWAC are Carolina Panthers defensive end Arthur Miley who was first-team All-SWAC in 2014 with 59 tackles and seven sacks for Southern along with former Texas Southern 4^th rounder Trey Walker who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens this past spring.

Alabama A&M
Frank Kearse – Washington Redskins
Robert Mathis – Indianapolis Colts

Alabama State
Isaiah Crowell – Cleveland Browns
Tarvaris Jackson State – Seattle Seahawks
Greg Jenkins – Jacksonville
Terren Jones – Buffalo Bills

Jackson State
Rico Richardson – Tennessee Titans

Grambling State
Larry Donnell – New York Giants
Jason Hatcher – Washington Redskins

Southern
RaShaun Allen – Seattle Seahawks
Arthur Miley – Carolina Panthers

Texas Southern
Tray Walker - Baltimore Ravens

University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff
Terron Armstead – New Orleans Saints
Isiah Ferguson – St. Louis  Rams

NFL Football Transactions (as of Wednesday, August 5, 2015)

August 1. – Buffalo Bills: Claimed OT Terren Jones off waivers from Tennessee. (Alabama State)

July 31. – Baltimore Ravens: Cut QB Jerry Lovelocke  (Prairie View A&M)    

June 9. – Seattle Seahawks: resigns Travaris Jackson (Alabama State)