Philadelphia Eagles release 2-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Eagles released two-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard on Friday in a salary-cap move, months after acquiring him from Tennessee.
The 30-year-old Byard had one year left on his contract and the move helped the Eagles clear about $13 million in cap space.
Byard was largely ineffective in his short stint with the Eagles. He had one interception and 75 tackles in 10 regular-season games.
The Eagles sent safety Terrell Edmunds and fifth and sixth-round draft picks in 2024 to the Titans for Byard in October.
Byard was the first pick in the third round of the 2016 draft and had been Tennessee´s longest-tenured defensive player. Byard and the Titans restructured his contract in July just before training camp.
Left Tackle Prospect Olu Fashanu and Will Levis Get Reacquainted; Could They Reunite as Titans?
INDIANAPOLIS – If the Tennessee Titans select Olu Fashanu with the seventh pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Penn State left tackle already has some familiarity with a key player on the Titans roster. Quarterback Will Levis and Fashanu first met at State College, Pa., before Levis transferred to Kentucky and put up the numbers that prompted the Titans to draft him in the second round a year ago. “I talked to Will yesterday,” Fashanu said Saturday at the
2024 NFL Scouting Combine. “It’d be great playing with Will. Obviously, he was at Penn State during my freshman year. He was one of the older guys that really made my transition at Penn State from high school ball a whole lot easier.” Fashanu said it has been a while since he and Levis saw each other, but he was glad to hear from the Titans quarterback a day before offensive linemen ran the 40-yard-dash. “We were just catching up,” Fashanu said. “I
haven’t seen him in person since my freshman year, but it was a good conversation. We just caught up and talked.” The 6-foot-6, 319-pound Fashanu was a consensus first-team All-American last season and was the Big Ten offensive lineman of the year. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed zero sacks and only 10 pressures on 382 passing snaps last season.
