The San Francisco 49ers have one last preseason game to get through, but then, they will settle on the 53-man roster by Saturday, and then fill some or all of their 10-man practice squad on Sunday.
We’ll take another look at eligible practice squad players after cuts, but heading into the final preseason game, I thought I would put together a list of every eligible player still on the roster. The NFL and NFLPA extended a rule change that allows players with two accrued seasons to be eligible for the practice squad. That makes a sizable number of players eligible that otherwise would not. For example, guys like Jimmie Ward, Carlos Hyde, Aaron Lynch and other 2014 draft picks, are technically eligible. Obviously they won’t be on the squad, but I’ll leave them in for now. Once we get through roster cuts, the list will change with all the 53-man roster players removed.
Rookies
OL Alex Balducci
DT Ronald Blair
DT DeForest Buckner
WR Aaron Burbridge
WR Devon Cajuste
DL Demetrius Cherry
OL Fahn Cooper
QB Jeff Driskel
OL Joshua Garnett
CB Prince Charles Iworah
OL Norman Price
CB Will Redmond
CB Rashard Robinson
OL John Theus
NT Garrison Smith
RB Kelvin Taylor
WR Bryce Treggs
1st year
BJ McBryde
Marcus Rush
DeAndre Smelter
Garrison Smith
2nd year
Dres Anderson
Arik Armstead
Blake Bell
Trent Brown
Mike Davis
Je’Ron Hamm
Eli Harold
Colin Kelly
Bradley Pinion
Keith Reaser
Shayne Skov
Jaquiski Tartt
DeAndrew White
3rd year
Marcus Cromartie
Chris Davis
Carlos Hyde
Dontae Johnson
Aaron Lynch
Marcus Martin
LJ McCray
Mike Purcell
Jimmie Ward
Eligibility Rules
- Can have up to two accrued seasons of service time
- Team only allowed four players with two accrued seasons. The rest must have fewer than two accrued seasons.
- If served two seasons on a practice squad, are eligible for a third season only if the team has at least 53 players on its active/inactive list for the duration of that player's employment.
- A player has served one season on the practice squad if he is on the practice squad for at least 6 games. The rule previously required 3 games on the practice squad roster.