In one other bit of tryout news from Monday, the Jacksonville Jaguars worked out veteran running back Wendell Smallwood, this according to aforementioned NFL reporter Aaron Wilson.
Smallwood spent most of last season on Pittsburgh’s practice squad after initially signing him on July 28, 2020. He appeared in one regular-season game for the Steelers last year, but most of his NFL experience has come with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. Per PFR, Smallwood has played in 53 games (with 12 starts) and has 931 career rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.
Atlanta’s starting to make a habit of snatching players off of other teams’ practice squads. Last week it was tackle Storm Norton joining up from New Orleans, and this week it’s defensive lineman Eli Ankou being signed away from the Bills practice squad.
If Ankou’s name sounds a bit familiar, it’s because he was with the Falcons during the spring and summer of 2021 in two different stints. A durable run defender, flashed a bit in his rookie season in Jacksonville and has been traveling around the league since, spending most of each of the past three years with Buffalo.