Raiders add former 49ers cornerback via waiver wire

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Darrell Luter Jr. was the lone player claimed on the waiver wire Monday by the Raiders, who had top priority a day after NFL roster cutdown day.

The Las Vegas Raiders had apical precedence connected the waiver ligament and claimed cornerback Darrell Luter Jr., who was waived by the San Francisco 49ers connected NFL roster cutdown time aft having played with them for the past 3 seasons.

Luter was the lone subordinate connected the waiver ligament Monday taken by the Raiders, portion nary of their players waived Sunday were claimed.

A corresponding transaction was not announced.

Luter was a fifth-round draught prime retired of South Alabama successful 2023 by San Francisco, playing 27 games, including 17 past season. Listed astatine 6 feet and 190 pounds, helium started 3 games successful 2025 and mostly played arsenic a peculiar teamer, playing 63 percent of the 49ers’ peculiar teams snaps compared to 25 percent of their antiaircraft snaps.

He logged 67 antiaircraft snaps his archetypal 2 seasons and has 38 vocation tackles and a walk deflection.

The Raiders waived 23 players Sunday, trimming their roster to 53, and could clasp respective via the signifier squad. Among those flashing successful grooming campy who are primed for presumption connected the signifier squad: rookie seventh-round prime and antiaircraft tackle Brandon Cleveland, rookie moving backmost Roman Hemby, rookie antiaircraft tackle Gary Smith III, rookie wide receiver E.J. Williams and second-year cornerback Greedy Vance, who played six games past play for Las Vegas.

Rookie wide receiver Chase Roberts was waived with an wounded designation and reverts to the Raiders’ injured reserved due to the fact that helium was unclaimed.

Unclaimed players go escaped agents and are escaped to motion elsewhere. Las Vegas starts its play Sept. 13 against the Miami Dolphins astatine Allegiant Stadium.

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