The Bengals made the following roster moves:
* Acquired rookie QB Jeff Driskel of Louisiana Tech on a waiver claim from San Francisco. Driskel (6-4, 231) played in all four 49ers preseason games, passing 15-for-31 for 132 yards, with no TDs and two INTs. He started all 13 Louisiana Tech games last season, passing for 4033 yards (third in school history), with 27 TDs against just eight INTs. It was his only season at Louisiana Tech, as he transferred there after graduating from the University of Florida. In four seasons (2011-14) at Florida, he played in 29 games, with 21 starts, and passed 328-for-552 for 3411 yards, with 23 TDs and 20 INTs.
* Waived LB P.J. Dawson, a second-year player from Texas Christian. Dawson played in 11 games as a Bengals rookie last season and was with the team for the entire ’16 preseason.
BENGALS SIGN NINE TO PRACTICE SQUAD
The Bengals today signed nine players to the team’s practice squad:
–DE Ryan Brown (rookie, Mississippi State)
–HB Tra Carson (rookie, Texas A&M)
–DT David Dean (rookie, Virginia)
–CB Darius Hillary (rookie, Wisconsin)
–WR Jake Kumerow (first-year player, Wisconsin-Whitewater)
–TE Matt Lengel (first-year player, Eastern Kentucky)
–CB Tony McRae (rookie, North Carolina A&T)
–G Alex Redmond (rookie, UCLA)
–WR Alonzo Russell (rookie, Toledo)
All of today’s practice squad signees were with the Bengals in preseason. The Bengals currently have one open practice squad spot.
