{"id":211,"date":"2010-09-05T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsports.us\/?p=211"},"modified":"2011-01-15T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T19:29:56","slug":"former-garner-player-makes-redskins-roster-others-not-so-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Former Garner player makes Redskins’ roster; others not so lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Undrafted free agent Brandon Banks, who played at Garner, showed enough explosiveness on special teams to make the Washington Redskins’ final 53-man roster.<\/p>\n

As we told you in an article on Aug. 14 (click here to view<\/a>), Banks ran back a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Skins’ first preseason game. In the last preseason game, he ripped off a 40-yard kickoff return.<\/p>\n

Only two drafted players made the Redskins’ roster so this is quite an achievement for the 5-foot-7, 150-pound receiver who will most likely only see action on special teams unless there is an injury. <\/p>\n

Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis made the St. Louis Rams as the third quarterback behind Sam Bradford and A.J. Feeley.<\/p>\n

Other guys, including former Tar Heel Willie Parker, weren’t as fortunate on the last day of NFL cuts. Parker, who made a name for himself as a Steeler, was trying to hook on to the Redskins as well but he didn’t make the final cut. The team kept Clinton Portis and Larry Johnson as the main runningbacks.<\/p>\n

Also, Scott Kooistra, an eight-year guard out of N.C. State, failed to make the Browns final roster.<\/p>\n

Jesse Holley, former UNC wide receiver, was cut by the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Dre Bly, the veteran defensive back from Carolina, was cut by the Lions.<\/p>\n

Steven Hauschka, the former kicker from N.C. State, was also cut by the Lions.<\/p>\n

DaJuan Morgan, a third-year pro free safety from N.C. State, was cut by the Chiefs, who also cut rookie linebacker John Russell from Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

The Patriots cut eight-year veteran wide receiver Sam Aiken from UNC. The Pats also cut a Wolfpacker as rookie center Ted Larsen was let go. <\/p>\n

Jay Ross, a rookie defensive tackle out of ECU, was cut by Saints, who also cut third-year defensive tackle DeMario Pressley, who played for N.C. State. The Saints also cut ties with Chip Vaughn, a second-year player from Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

Former East Carolina tackle Guy Whimper, who was in his fifth season in the NFL, was released by the Giants.<\/p>\n

Rookie tackle Jeraill McCuller from N.C. State was cut by Eagles, who also got rid of rookie receiver Dobson Collins of Gardner-Webb and rookie defensive tackle Boo Robinson of Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

Second-year receiver from Carolina Brooks Foster was cut by the Jets<\/p>\n

The Steelers cut Kyle Jolly, the former Carolina offensive tackle, and Patrick Bailey, a three-year linebacker from Duke.<\/p>\n

Vincent Rey, a rookie linebacker from Duke, was let go by the Bengals, who also cut Gabriel Manns, a rookie tackle from North Carolina Central.<\/p>\n

The 49ers parted ways with rookie defensive tackle Kahalif Mitchell from ECU while fellow ECU rookie Sean Allen, a Wilson native, was released by the Bills.<\/p>\n

Finally, first-year guy Eron Riley from Duke was cut by the Ravens.<\/p>\n

Some careers may be over but other players might make teams’ practice squads or possibly be picked up by other teams when injuries hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Undrafted free agent Brandon Banks, who played at Garner, showed enough explosiveness on special teams to make the Washington Redskins’ final 53-man roster. As we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}