Player Notes

Cincinnati Bengals Evans, Jordan · Dec 29, 2018

LB Jordan Evans (ankle) was placed on reserve/injured by the Bengals Friday (Dec. 28). Evans, a second-year player, has played in 14 games this season with five starts. He suffered an ankle injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland. Evans ranks fifth on the team with 59 total tackles (38 solos). He also has 1.5 sacks, one interception and three passes defensed, as well as two special teams tackles.

Cincinnati Bengals Boyd, Tyler · Dec 29, 2018

WR Tyler Boyd (knee) was placed on reserve/injured by the Bengals Friday (Dec. 28). Boyd, a third-year player, started the team's first 14 games this season before suffering a knee injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland. He has 76 receptions for 1,028 yards (both team highs) and seven touchdowns. Boyd's 1,000-yard season was the first of his career and the 27th in team history.

Denver Broncos Wallace, Aaron · Dec 29, 2018

LB Aaron Wallace was signed by the Broncos from the Bengals practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Wallace (6-2, 242 pounds) is a third-year player from UCLA who played 13 games with Tennessee from 2016-18. He saw action in one game with the Titans in 2018 before being waived and signed to Cincinnati's practice squad on Nov. 20. A seventh-round selection (222nd overall) by the Titans in the 2016 draft, Wallace ...

Denver Broncos Richardson, Horace · Dec 29, 2018

CB Horace Richardson was signed by the Broncos from the Chiefs practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Richardson (6-0, 190 pounds) is a first-year defensive back from Southern Methodist University who spent part of the 2018 season on Minnesota's active roster in addition to competing on practice squads with Detroit and Kansas City. He entered the NFL as a college free agent with the Vikings on May 1, 2017, ...

Cleveland Browns Jackson, Blake · Dec 29, 2018

WR Blake Jackson was signed by the Browns from their practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Jackson is 5-10, 200-pounds and officially in his first NFL season out of Mary Hardin-Baylor. A quarterback in college, Jackson appeared in 39 games, passing for 4,311 yards and 49 touchdowns. He has spent the past nine weeks on the Browns' practice squad. He is a native of Houston, Texas. Jackson will wear No. 12.

Cincinnati Bengals Sharp, Hunter · Dec 29, 2018

WR Hunter Sharp was signed by the Bengals from their practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Sharp (5-11, 198), a first-year player out of the University of Utah, joined the Bengals as a free agent on Nov. 20. He entered the NFL as a college free-agent signee of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, and has also spent time with Denver, the N.Y. Giants and Buffalo. Sharp has played in three career games, with one ...

Cincinnati Bengals Perkins, Kent · Dec 29, 2018

T Kent Perkins was signed by the Bengals from their practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Perkins (6-5, 305), a first-year player out of the University of Texas, was originally a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2017. After spending much of his rookie season on Cincinnati's practice squad, Perkins was signed to the active roster late in the year and played in the season finale at Baltimore, where ...

Cincinnati Bengals Flowers, Quinton · Dec 29, 2018

RB Quinton Flowers was signed by the Bengals from their practice squad Friday (Dec. 28). Flowers (5-10, 211), a rookie, joined the Bengals in May as a college free agent out of the University of South Florida. After an exemplary career as a quarterback at USF, he converted to running back as a pro and has spent the entire season on the Bengals' practice squad. Flowers set 42 school records at USF, ...

Indianapolis Colts Kelly, Ryan · Dec 29, 2018

C Ryan Kelly (neck) were ruled out of the game at Tennessee by the Colts

Indianapolis Colts Fountain, Daurice · Dec 29, 2018

WR Daurice Fountain (ankle) was ruled out for Sunday by the Colts.

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