Eagles Release Will Grier to Cut Down Roster After Preseason

Unfortunately for Will Grier, his string of bad luck at the conclusion of yet another preseason continues. He’s now on the hunt for another NFL home after being released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday.

The move was first reported by ESPN’S Adam Schefter and comes as NFL teams cut down their rosters ahead of the 2024 regular season. Grier signed with the Eagles in March after a roller coaster 2023 season that started with the Dallas Cowboys moving on from at this same point in the NFL calendar.

Grier completed 7-of-11 passes for 51 yards in two preseason appearances for Philadelphia.

The WVU product has also been a part of the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers during his professional career.

The Cowboys told Grier he would not be on the team moving forward the day before he took the field to start Dallas’ final preseason game in 2023. He put up one the best performances of his professional career in his Cowboys farewell, completing 29 out of 35 passes for 305 yards with two touchdown passes while playing the entire game. He also ran for 53 yards and scored two more touchdowns with his legs.

At the time, Grier opened up with Sports Illustrated’s Cowboys FanNation site about a tough 72 hours that taught forced him to endure a series of emotions.

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Grier has only played in two regular season NFL games back in 2019, throwing for 228 passing yards and four interceptions.

After finishing out his college career with two seasons at West Virginia, Grier was drafted in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Panthers.

Before being drafted by the Panthers, Grier spent two seasons as WVU’s starting quarterback in 2017 and 2018 after transferring from Florida.

Grier threw for a total of 7,354 yards and 71 touchdowns in his two seasons as a Mountaineer.

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