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Roadrunners in the NFL: 2018 NFL Preseason Update & Schedule

UPDATE (8/7): The hits just keep on coming. Ashaad Mabry was released by the Panthers earlier today. The schedule has been updated accordingly.

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The NFL’s preseason is officially underway after last Thursday’s Hall of Fame Game, and this year we will see a record seven former UTSA athletes taking the field.

UTSA’s longest-tenured NFL’er Teddy Williams was set to start the season with the New York Giants, but today asked for his release from the team for personal reasons, but still hopes to play at some point this season.

In another bit of bad news, we may not get to see first-rounder Marcus Davenport right away, as he has been sitting out of practice with an undisclosed injury since last Monday. We have to assume this isn’t too severe, since he hasn’t been placed on Injured Reserve, but the Saints haven’t given any timetable for his return as of yet.

ROADRUNNERS IN THE NFL

  • Marcus Davenport – DE – New Orleans Saints
  • Ashaad Mabry – DT – Carolina Panthers
  • Jordan Moore – S – Denver Broncos
  • David Morgan – TE – Minnesota Vikings
  • Brian Price – DT – Dallas Cowboys
  • Dalton Sturm – QB – Dallas Cowboys
  • Jarveon Williams – RB – Cincinnati Bengals

COMPLETE SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

PRESEASON WEEK 1 (AUG. 9-13)
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
Bears at Bengals – 7:00pm
Panthers at Bills – 7:00pm
Saints at Jaguars – 7:00pm
Cowboys at 49ers – 10:00pm (NFL Network)

Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
Vikings at Broncos – 9:05pm (NFL Network)


PRESEASON WEEK 2 (AUG. 16-20)
Friday, Aug. 17, 2018
Dolphins at Panthers – 7:30pm
Cardinals at Saints – 8:00pm

Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018
Jaguars at Vikings – 1:00pm (NFL Network)
Bengals at Cowboys – 7:00pm (NFL Network)
Bears at Broncos – 9:05pm


PRESEASON WEEK 3 (AUG. 23-26)
Friday, Aug. 24, 2018
Broncos at Redskins – 7:30pm
Patriots at Panthers – 7:30pm
Seahawks at Vikings – 8:00pm

Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018
Saints at Chargers – 8:00pm – (CBS)

Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018
Bengals at Bills – 4:00pm – (FOX)
Cardinals at Cowboys – 8:00pm – (NBC)


PRESEASON WEEK 4 (AUG. 30-31)
Thursday, Aug. 30
Colts at Bengals – 7:00pm
Panthers at Steelers – 7:30pm
Cowboys at Texans – 8:00pm
Rams at Saints – 8:00pm
Vikings at Titans – 8:00pm
Broncos at Cardinals – 10:00pm (NFL Network)

NFL Preseason Preview: Week 1 viewing guide

It should be an exciting week for the six NFL hopefuls from UTSA. Here’s how you can watch all the games.

 

Wednesday, Aug. 9

Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers (Teddy Williams), 6:30 p.m. (NFL Network)
– NFL Network re-air: Thursday, Aug. 10, 1:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Thursday, Aug. 10, 9:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Thursday, Aug. 10, 3:00 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 10

Minnesota Vikings (David Morgan) at Buffalo Bills, 6 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Friday, Aug. 11, 3:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 9:00 a.m.

Atlanta Falcons (Jordan Moore) at Miami Dolphins, 6 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Saturday, Aug. 12, 8:30 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Monday, Aug. 14, 3:30 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 12:00 p.m.

New Orleans Saints (Ashaad Mabry) at Cleveland Browns, 7 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Friday, Aug. 11, 9:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Monday, Aug. 14, 12:00 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Thursday, Aug. 17, 3:00 a.m.

Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers (Brian Price), 7 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Friday, Aug. 11, 3:00 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Sunday, Aug. 13, 3:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Monday, Aug. 14, 3:00 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 11

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals (Jarveon Williams), 6:30 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Saturday, Aug. 12, 12:00 a.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 12:00 p.m.

 

(all times Central)

 

NFL Preseason Preview: Teddy Williams – Carolina Panthers

Teddy Williams will be entering his third season with the Carolina Panthers, hoping to regain his roster spot after his 2016 season was ended early by an injury.

After playing in 16 games for the Panthers in 2015, Williams was left off the active roster in three of Carolina’s first four games in 2016. However, the poor performance of the cornerbacks ahead of him gave Williams a chance to get back into the picture in Week 5, and he had the best game of his career the very next week, recording his first career interception and six tackles.

Williams hasn’t seen the field since that day, leaving practice the following week with a knee injury and eventually being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.

TEDDY WILLIAMS

  • Team: Carolina Panthers
  • Position: Cornerback
  • Experience: 5 years

 

Prior to last season, Williams was used almost exclusively on special teams, where the former All-American sprinter was able to leverage his speed into regular playing time as a gunner on punts and kickoffs.

All reports indicate that Williams is now fully recovered from the injury that ended his season last year, but we’ll have to wait and see if he still has the speed and explosiveness that helped him break into the NFL in the first place.

CAROLINA PANTHERS CORNERBACK DEPTH

  • James Bradberry, 1 year experience
  • Daryl Worley, 1 year experience
  • Captain Munnerlyn, 8 years experience (injured)
  • Corn Elder, Rookie (Drafted, 5th round) (injured)
  • Cole Luke, Rookie (Undrafted)
  • Teddy Williams, 5 years experience
  • Jeff Richards, Rookie (AFL & CFL experience)
  • Zach Sanchez, 1 year experience
  • Devonte Johnson, 1 year practice squad experience

 

Bradberry, Worley and Munnerlyn have the starting outside corner and nickel spots all but locked up, but the competition behind them is wide open.

Carolina will likely only retain two or three backup cornerbacks out of the six that are currently on the 90-man roster.

Williams made some impressive plays during OTAs and briefly filled in for an injured Bradberry on the first team. However, he seems to have cooled down in recent weeks, leaving room for some of the younger guys to surpass him on the depth chart.

Corn Elder has managed to turn some heads in training camp and may have been the top choice as the backup outside corner, but a patella stress fracture will keep him out for at least a month.

Munnerlyn has also been sidelined recently, giving undrafted free agent Cole Luke a chance to cement himself as second-choice nickel.

As long as Williams doesn’t have any lingering issues from his injury, his utility on special teams should help give him the edge if none of the newcomers can impress enough in preseason to take the spot away from him.

Odds to make 53-man roster: 75%

 

The Panthers kick off week 1 of the NFL’s preseason slate tonight against Houston, airing live on NFL Network, followed by another chance to see Williams in action on national TV next week against Tennessee.

ATLANTA FALCONS PRESEASON SCHEDULE

(all times Central)

Wednesday, Aug. 9
Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers, 6:30 p.m. (NFL Network)

Saturday, Aug. 19
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans, 2 p.m. (NFL Network)

Thursday, Aug. 24
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 6:30 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Thursday, Aug. 24, 10:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 31
Pittsburgh Steelers at Carolina Panthers, 6:30 p.m.
– NFL Network re-air: Friday, Sep. 1, 3:00 p.m.

 

Roadrunners in the NFL: Preseason Preview

The 2017 NFL season is less than a month away, and preseason has officially kicked off.

Over the next few days, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at the six UTSA alumni who will be fighting for NFL roster spots for the upcoming season.

ROADRUNNERS IN THE NFL

 

With the NFL eliminating the 75-man roster cut this season, we should get all four preseason games to see UTSA’s NFL-hopefuls in action prior to the September 2nd cuts from 90 down to 53.

 

NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE (all times Central)

WEEK 1: AUGUST 10-14

Wednesday, Aug. 9
Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers, 6:30 p.m. (NFL Network)

Thursday, Aug. 10
Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills, 6 p.m.
Atlanta Falcons at Miami Dolphins, 6 p.m.
New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers, 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 11
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals, 6:30 p.m.

WEEK 2: AUGUST 17-21

Friday, Aug. 18
Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 9 p.m. (NFL Network)

Saturday, Aug. 19
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans, 2 p.m. (NFL Network)
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals, 6 p.m.
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 20
Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers, 3 p.m. (NFL Network)
New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers, 7 p.m. (NFL Network)

WEEK 3: AUGUST 24-27

Thursday, Aug. 24
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 26
Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons, 6 p.m.
Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints, 7 p.m.
Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 27
Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Redskins, 3:30 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings, 7 p.m. (NBC)

WEEK 4: AUG. 31-SEPT. 1

Thursday, Aug. 31
Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers, 6 p.m.
Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Carolina Panthers, 6:30 p.m.
Miami Dolphins at Minnesota Vikings, 7 p.m.
Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints, 7 p.m.

 

Week in Review – 11/4/16

FOOTBALL

In the annual is-it-or-isn’t-it-a-rivalry game against North Texas, the Roadrunners took care of business and extended their series lead to 3-1 with a 31-17 victory on Saturday at the Alamodome.

Jarveon Williams ran for 74 yards against the Mean Green and is now just 36 yards shy of becoming the program’s first 2,000-yard career rusher.

The other half of UTSA’s running back duo, Jalen Rhodes, notched his 6th and 7th rushing touchdowns this season, putting him just one score away from tying the season-high 8 rushing TDs set by Evans Okotcha in 2012 and matched by Williams in 2015.

UTSA (4-4, 3-2 C-USA) heads to Murfreesboro to face Middle Tennessee (6-2, 3-1 C-USA) this Saturday as 19-point underdogs.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

UTSA’s best season since 2011 came to an end on Friday, as the Roadrunners fell to Louisiana Tech 3-0 on Senior Night at Park West.

Needing a win and some help to qualify for the conference tournament, the Roadrunners’ postseason drought was extended to five seasons after the loss, but the future looks bright for the program that featured a very underclassmen-heavy roster under third-year head coach Greg Sheen.

UTSA forward Jordyn Lacy was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team, becoming the first field player to receive the honor in program history. Lacy started every match this season and finished with five goals and five assists.

VOLLEYBALL

UTSA volleyball split their two matches over the weekend, defeating UAB in four sets on Friday before getting swept by Louisiana Tech on Sunday. It was the first sweep that the Roadrunners have suffered in conference play this year.

Despite the loss, UTSA remains second-best in the conference in terms of RPI (64) and have already clinched a C-USA tournament berth.


The Roadrunners (7-3 C-USA) return home to take on FAU (8-2) on Friday and FIU (2-8) on Sunday in their final two home games of the season.

MEN’S GOLF

The UTSA golf team finished in second place at the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational on the back of Zander Lozano’s individual title. Lozano was named C-USA Player of the Week for his performance.

The team is in Hawaii this weekend to close out the fall season at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic.

CROSS COUNTRY

The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Conference USA Championships last weekend and finished in 8th and 9th place, respectively.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The Roadrunners opened up the season last Friday with a 75-34 exhibition win over Texas A&M International. They will play one more exhibition game, at home against Trinity on Saturday, before kicking off the regular season on November 11.

ROADRUNNERS IN THE PROS

Teddy Williams was placed on injured reserve last week, while David Morgan II continued to struggle to get playing time in Norv Turner’s offense, but will now aim for a larger role under interim offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur.

Read more: Teddy Williams placed on injured reserve & Roadrunners in the NFL – Week 8

UTSA basketball alum Ryan Bowie was selected in the NBA’s D-League Draft, with pick 17 of the fourth round (82nd overall) by the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The Skyforce will travel to Texas for six games this season (two each in Frisco, Cedar Park, and Hidalgo).