Dallas Cowboys 2018: Updated 53-man roster cuts tracker

With the regular season about to kick off, the Dallas Cowboys must now trim down their bloated 90-man roster to just 53 players. We’ll track those cuts.

Saturday 3:00 p.m. CT. That’s the NFL’s mandated deadline for the Dallas Cowboys and every other team in the league to cut down their roster from 90-players to just 53 men. That means nearly 1,200 professional football players will be sent to the unemployment line over the weekend.

For much of the preseason, the headlines in Dallas have been about who would make the Cowboys’ active roster. Names like tight end Rico Gathers, wide receiver Lance Lenoir, running back Bo Scarbrough, and defensive end Kony Ealy are all believed to be on the bubble. And their fate will be decided in the next 48 hours.

News about these cuts often trickles out via social media hours or even a day before the deadline as players and their agents are notified early about their status. Below, we’ll do our best to track those announcements and provide you with the source of the information.

Here’s a list of the players who have reportedly been cut or traded so far by the Dallas Cowboys:

Charvarius Ward, Cornerback (Traded to Chiefs) – Source
Kony Ealy, Defensive End – Source
Lewis Neal, Defensive Tackle – Source
Eric Pinkins, Linebacker – Source
Korren Kirven, Offensive Tackle – Source
Chaz Green, Offensive Tackle – Source
Tre’Von Johnson, Linebacker – Source
Kameron Kelly, Defensive Back – Source
Charles Tapper, Defensive End – Source
Lance Lenoir, Wide Receiver – Source
Marqueston Huff, Safety (Waived/Injured) – Source
Duke Thomas, Cornerback – Source
Bo Scarbrough, Running Back – Source
Jeron Johnson, Safety – Source
Marquez White, Cornerback – Source
Darius Jackson, Running Back – Source
Jihad Ward, Defensive Tackle – Source
Donovan Olumba, cornerback – Source
Deonte Thompson, Wide Receiver – Source
Dan Bailey, Kicker – Source
Dres Anderson, Wide Receiver – Source
Kyle Bosch, Offensive Guard – Source
Jake Campos, Offensive Tackle – Source
K.D. Cannon, Wide Receiver – Source
Darren Carrington, Wide Receiver – Source
Jordan Chunn, Running Back – Source
Scott Daly, Long Snapper – Source
Matt Diaz, Offensive Tackle – Source
Joel Lanning, Linebacker – Source
Austin Larkin, Defensive End – Source
Damien Mama, Offensive Guard – Source
Mekale McKay, Wide Receiver – Source
Jacob Ohnesorge, Center – Source
Kyle Queiro, Linebacker – Source
Caraun Reid, Defensive Tackle – Source
David Wells, Tight End – Source
Trey Williams, Running Back (Waived/Injured) – Source

We’ll be updating this list the next couple days, so be sure to keep checking back.

The Dallas Cowboys will travel to Carolina to face the Panthers on Sunday, September 9, 2018, to kick off their regular season schedule. The Week One matchup will be the debut of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was held out the entire preseason.

As for Carolina, the Panthers feature former NFL MVP Cam Newton at quarterback. Newton now has a first-round wide receiver to throw to in D.J. Moore. The Maryland wideout was potentially a target for the Cowboys in the 2018 NFL Draft, but Dallas opted to select Bosie State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch instead.

Last season, the Carolina Panthers posted an 11-5 record earning themselves a Wild Card bid in the playoffs. The Panthers lost in that postseason contest to the New Orlean Saints, 31-26.