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Aug. 21, 2024 / 12:04 PM

Philadelphia Eagles cut veteran tight end C.J. Uzomah

Veteran tight end C.J. Uzomah spent his first seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. File Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

Veteran tight end C.J. Uzomah spent his first seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. File Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Eagles released veteran tight end C.J. Uzomah, they announced Wednesday. The Eagles also signed offensive lineman Jason Poe.

Uzomah, 31, signed a one-year deal with the Eagles in April. He signed a three-year, $24 million pact with the New York Jets in 2022. The Jets released Uzomah in March.

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Uzomah entered the league as a fifth-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2015 NFL Draft. He totaled 192 catches for 1,881 yards and 16 scores through his first nine seasons. Uzomah logged just eight catches for 58 yards and a score over 12 appearances last season for the Jets.

He totaled a career-high 493 yards and five scores on 49 catches in 16 starts for the Bengals in 2021.

Poe, 26, previously played for the Eagles, Jets and San Francisco 49ers practice squads. He has never appeared in a regular-season NFL game.

NFL teams must trim rosters to 53 players by Tuesday.

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