Los Angeles Rams release former Alabama tight end

The Los Angeles Rams released the tight end Miller Forristall from his practice squad on Friday, the The NFL team announced.

The Rams released Forristall with an injury settlement. The former Alabama The tight end’s injury was not disclosed.

Forristall was in his second season on the Los Angeles practice squad.

An injury settlement is an agreement between an injured player and his team that allows them to part ways immediately. Typically, the settlement pays a player for the number of regular-season games his injury is likely to keep him sidelined.

In the Los Angeles preseason opener on August 11, Forristall caught a 6-yard touchdown pass with four seconds to play to lift the Rams to a 13-12 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, but he did not play in a regular season game with Los Angeles.

The last of Forristall’s six regular season appearances came on November 13, 2022.

Forristall entered the NFL in May 2021 by signing with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted rookie. He spent time on the practice squads of the Titans and Cleveland Browns that season.

Forristall played two games as a rookie and four in the 2022 season with Cleveland.

Pre-crystal numbers signed with New Orleans on January 26, 2023. With training camp about to begin, the Saints placed Forristall on the physically unable to perform list on July 20, 2023 with an undisclosed ailment. On July 24, 2023, the Saints announced that Forristall had passed his physical, making him eligible to practice in training camp. But the next day, New Orleans waived Forristall.

Pre-record number signed with the Browns on August 4, 2023. Cleveland waived him on August 26, 2023, as it reduced its preseason roster to the regular season limit of 53 players.

The Rams came along Forristall on board as exercise group member on 12 September 2023, was released him on December 5, that is signed him again next week.

During his five seasons at Alabama, Forristall was a member of the CFP national championship teams for the 2017 and 2020 seasons. He had 44 receptions for 505 yards and five touchdowns with the Crimson Tide.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.