Which former Indiana Hoosier players made cut for initial 53-man NFL rosters?

As NFL teams around the league set their initial 53-man rosters for the 2025-26 season, roster cuts were finalized on Tuesday.

NFL teams had until 4 p.m. ET, (today) Tuesday to reduce their 90-player preseason rosters to 53-man active rosters for the regular season.

Several former Indiana football players have been competing for roster spots for the last month but their journey came to an end or at least a pause for now until further notice.

Here were the former Hoosiers that were waived:

• James Carpenter (Defensive Lineman) was waived by the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Zach Horton (Tight End) was waived by the Detroit Lions
• Ke’Shawn Williams (Wide receiver) was waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Cam Jones (Defensive Lineman) was waived by the Kansas City Chiefs
• Dan Feeney (Offensive Lineman) was waived by the Buffalo Bills
• Luke Haggard (Offensive Lineman) was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Raheem Layne (Safety) was waived by the New York Giants
• Trey Wedig (Offensive lineman) was waived by the Los Angeles Rams
• Nate Sudfeld (Quarterback) was waived by the San Francisco 49ers
• Jailin Walker (Linebacker) was waived by the Las Vegas Raiders

Welp, that was the bad news which I always like to deliver first but for the good news, here are the former Indiana football players who made their NFL roster cuts.

• Myles Price made the Minnesota Vikings roster
• Marcelino McCrary-Ball made the New York Jets roster
• Micah McFadden made the New York Giants roster
• Nick Westbrook-Ikhine made the Miami Dolphins roster
• C.J. West made the San Francisco 49ers roster
• Kurtis Rourke made the San Francisco 49ers roster (Reserve/Non-Football Injury List)
• Ian Thomas made the Las Vegas Raiders roster

The other players that were waived will be subject to being claimed by other teams until 11 a.m. Wednesday, at which time they will become free agents if unclaimed.

Players who were released by teams will also be candidates to land on practice squads as NFL teams begin building their 16-man practice squads over the next several days.

In all, CBS reports there were 1,184 players released in fall camp, including the following former Indiana players who will be watching their phones on Wednesday with hopes of getting a call to be claimed by another team, or being re-signed to their team’s practice squad.

Hoosier fans, which former Indiana turned NFL rookie or young players are you keeping the closest eye on during the 2025 season?