NFL Player News
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Jeremy Reaves SAF | WAS
Commanders' Jeremy Reaves: Career-best 91 tackles in 2025
Reaves recorded 91 tackles (57 solo), including 1.0 sacks, and had one interception among his seven passes defensed in the 2025 regular season.
Reaves appeared in all 17 games, including eight starts, while setting new career highs in every major category. He came into the 2025 campaign with 1.0 career sacks and one interception in 64 regular-season appearances, and Reaves' previous high for tackles in a season was 33. He'll likely compete for a starting role again with the Commanders in 2026.
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Bobby Wagner MLB | WAS
Commanders' Bobby Wagner: Posts 162 tackles at age 35
Wagner recorded 162 tackles (79 solo), including 4.5 sacks, while adding two interceptions among his four passes defensed in 2025.
Wagner delivered another excellent statistical season at age 35, tying the second-best totals of his 14-year career for interceptions and sacks while dressing for all 17 games. He has exceeded 100 tackles in every regular season of his career and sits at an even 2,000. Despite his advanced age, Wagner should draw plenty of interest in free agency this offseason if he chooses to continue playing.
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Jalen Tolbert WR | DAL
Cowboys' Jalen Tolbert: Falls down depth chart in 2025
Tolbert caught 18 of 34 targets for 203 yards and a touchdown over 13 games in 2025.
After a career-best campaign in 2024, Tolbert headed into the season third on the depth chart at wide receiver for the Cowboys behind CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. The 2022 third-round pick fell out of favor after the first month of the season, however, and he was passed in the pecking order for snaps and targets by Ryan Flournoy. Tolbert is a free agent this offseason, and even with Pickens not guaranteed to return, it seems unlikely he'll be re-signed by Dallas.
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Hunter Luepke RB | DAL
Cowboys' Hunter Luepke: Small but steady role in 2025
Luepke carried the ball 16 times for 71 yards and caught 13 of 15 targets for 109 yards and a touchdown over 17 games in 2025.
The fullback has missed only one game in three seasons with the Cowboys, and Luepke set a new career high with his 180 scrimmage yards while scoring his second career TD. He split his time nearly equally between the offense and special teams in 2025, playing 250 offensive snaps and 241 on kick-return squads, and he should fill a similar role next season in the first year of a two-year, $7 million contract extension.
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Tucker Kraft TE | GB
Packers' Tucker Kraft: Targeting Week 1 return
Kraft (ACL) said Monday that he is ahead of schedule in his recovery and hopes to be "bulletproof" by Week 1 of the 2026 campaign, Matt Schneidman of The Athletic reports.
Kraft noted that Green Bay generally requires a nine-month recovery timeframe to rehab from ACL tears, and that by Week 1 he will be 10 months post-surgery. The athletic tight end emerged as a leader in the receiving game to kick off the 2025 campaign, recording an impressive 32-489-6 receiving line across his eight regular-season appearances, though the Packers were without wideouts Jayden Reed and Christian Watson for the majority of that span. If Kraft is indeed able to begin next season at full health, he'll project to immediately reprise a key role in what may be an improved aerial attack for the Packers, if all the team's top pass catchers are available and 2025 first-rounder Matthew Golden is able to take a step forward in his development.
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Chris Moore WR | WAS
Commanders' Chris Moore: Makes 11 catches in 2025
Moore caught 11 of 23 targets for 207 yards and one touchdown while adding a nine-yard carry across 14 appearances during the 2025 regular season.
Moore began the season on the practice squad but spent most of the season on the Commanders' active roster and saw a surprisingly high amount of usage due to the team's injuries at wide receiver. That didn't amount to much production, though. He'll be a free agent ahead of his age-33 season and will likely have to compete for a roster spot somewhere in training camp.
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Ainias Smith WR | PHI
Panthers' Ainias Smith: Staying with Panthers
Smith signed a reserve/future contract with the Panthers on Monday, Darin Gantt of the team's official site reports.
Smith appeared in seven regular-season games for the Eagles as a rookie, but the 2024 fifth-round draft pick was waived prior to the 2025 season and subsequently signed with Carolina's practice squad, where he spent the entire 2025 campaign. He will likely get a chance to compete for a roster spot with the Panthers in training camp in 2026.
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Quentin Johnston WR | LAC
Chargers' Quentin Johnston: Makes three grabs in WC loss
Johnston secured three of six targets for 20 yards during Sunday's 16-3 loss to the Patriots in the wild-card round.
Johnston finished second on the Chargers in terms of targets behind Keenan Allen (eight), but like the rest of Los Angeles' pass-catching offense which Ladd McConkey led with just 32 receiving yards, he was inefficient versus New England's defense. Still, during the regular season, Johnston demonstrated improved chemistry with quarterback Justin Herbert, as the 2023 first-round pick managed a respectable 51-735-8 line on 84 targets across 14 regular-season appearances. Johnston also was hampered by shin, hamstring, groin and shoulder injuries during the second half of the campaign. He'll look to take another step forward in 2026, which is currently positioned as the final year of his rookie deal with the Chargers, though the team could exercise his fifth-year option this offseason.
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Bryce Pierre TE | CAR
Panthers' Bryce Pierre: Signs reserve deal with Panthers
Pierre signed a reserve/future contract with the Panthers on Monday, Darin Gantt of the team's official site reports.
Pierre's sticking around after spending the 2025 season on Carolina's practice squad. Despite underwhelming production from Carolina's tight ends in 2025, Pierre didn't get the opportunity to make his NFL regular-season debut.