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American football player (born 1991)

American football player

Jerome Cunningham

refer to captionCunningham with the Tennessee Titans in 2018
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Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1991-05-25) May 25, 1991 (age 33)Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 254 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school: Crosby
College: Southern Connecticut State (2009-2012)
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
New York Giants (2014–2015) New York Jets (2016)* Tennessee Titans (2016–2018)* Detroit Lions (2018) Washington Redskins (2019)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:8Receiving yards:59**Stats at Pro Football Reference**

Jerome Cunningham (born May 25, 1991) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Southern Connecticut State.

Cunningham played tight end for Division II Southern Connecticut State from 2009-2012. In his college career, he recorded 61 catches for 690 yards and 7 touchdowns.[1]

Professional career

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After going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft, Cunningham was invited to the Indianapolis Colts' minicamp, but he did not receive a contract offer and spent the 2013 season out of football.[2]

On August 5, 2014, Cunningham was signed by the New York Giants.[3] On August 26, 2014, he was waived. On September 3, 2014, Cunningham was added to the Giants' practice squad.[4] Cunningham spent the first 15 weeks of the 2014 regular season on the practice squad. On December 17, 2014, Cunningham was promoted to the active roster for the last two games of the regular season.[5][6]

Cunningham made the Giants' 53-man roster to begin the 2015 regular season.[7] On October 18, 2015, he was waived by the Giants.[8] He was re-signed to the Giants' practice squad on October 21, 2015.[9] Cunningham was promoted to the active roster on November 5, 2015.[10] On May 5, 2016, the Giants waived Cunningham.[11]

Cunningham was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets on May 9, 2016.[12] On May 24, 2016, he was waived.[13]

On May 25, 2016, Cunningham was claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans.[14] On September 2, 2016, he was released by the Titans as part of final roster cuts and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[15][16] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Titans on January 2, 2017.[17]

On September 2, 2017, Cunningham was waived by the Titans and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[18][19] He was released on September 12, 2017.[20] He was re-signed to the practice squad on December 13, 2017.[21] On December 19, 2017, he was released from the practice squad.[22]

On August 7, 2018, Cunningham was re-signed by the Titans.[23] He was waived on September 1, 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[24][25] He was released on September 18, 2018.[26]

On September 26, 2018, Cunningham was signed to the Detroit Lions' practice squad.[27] On October 24, he was released and re-signed to the practice squad three days later.[28][29] On October 31, he was cut again but re-signed the next day.[30][31] He was promoted to the active roster on December 11, 2018.[32]

On August 31, 2019, Cunningham was waived by the Lions.[33]

Washington Redskins

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On September 25, 2019, Cunningham was signed by the Washington Redskins.[34] He was placed on injured reserve on October 15.[35]

After the season, the Redskins chose not to assign a restricted free agent tender to Cunningham, and he became a free agent on March 18, 2020.[36]

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  6. ^ "Coach Coughlin proud of team for rebounding". www.giants.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
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  9. ^ Eisen, Michael (October 21, 2015). "Giants sign CB Leon McFadden; make practice squad changes". Giants.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  10. ^ Eisen, Michael (November 5, 2015). "Owa Odighizuwa placed on Short-Term IR; Cunningham to active roster". Giants.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  11. ^ Eisen, Michael (May 5, 2016). "Giants waive TE Jerome Cunningham, safety G.J. Kinne". Giants.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  12. ^ "Jets claim ex-Giants TE Jerome Cunningham, waive RB/KR Dri Archer". NJ.com. May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  13. ^ "Jets Sign Undrafted RB Romar Morris". www.newyorkjets.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  14. ^ Alper, Josh (May 25, 2016). "Jerome Cunningham claimed off waivers by Titans". NBCSports.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  15. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 2, 2016). "Titans Down to 53 Players: A Position-by-Position Look". Archived from the original on August 7, 2017.
  16. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 4, 2016). "Titans Sign Nine Players to Practice Squad". TitansOnline.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017.
  17. ^ Cotton, Dan (January 2, 2017). "Titans sign seven players to futures contracts". CBSSports.com.
  18. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 2, 2017). "Titans Down to 53 Players: A Position-by-Position Look". TitansOnline.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
  19. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 3, 2017). "Titans Add Eight Players to Practice Squad". TitansOnline.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018.
  20. ^ Morris, Jimmy (September 12, 2017). "Titans make a couple of practice squad moves". MusicCityMiracles.com.
  21. ^ "Titans Re-Sign TE Jerome Cunningham To Practice Squad". December 13, 2017.
  22. ^ "Jerome Cunningham: Cut from Tennessee's practice squad". December 19, 2017.
  23. ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 7, 2018). "Titans Add LB, TE While Releasing TE Supernaw and Placing LB Palmer on IR". TitansOnline.com.
  24. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 1, 2018). "Roster Moves: Titans Trim Roster From 90 to 53 Players". TitansOnline.com.
  25. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 2, 2018). "Titans Add Six To Practice Squad, Including LB Robert Spillane and RB Dalyn Dawkins". TitansOnline.com.
  26. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 18, 2018). "Titans Add RB Dalyn Dawkins, CB Kenneth Durden While Waiving LB Aaron Wallace". TitansOnline.com.
  27. ^ "Lions release Donnel Pumphrey, sign Jerome Cunningham". 247sports.com. September 26, 2018.
  28. ^ Reisman, Jeremy (October 24, 2018). "Notes: Kerryon Johnson 4th in Offensive Rookie of the Year odds". Pride Of Detroit.
  29. ^ Schlitt, Erik (October 27, 2018). "Lions re-sign TE Cunningham to practice squad, release RB Bouagnon". Lions Wire.
  30. ^ "Lions sign free agent LB Kelvin Sheppard". Detroitlions.com. October 31, 2018.
  31. ^ "Jerome Cunningham: Joins Lions' practice squad". CBSSports.com. November 1, 2018.
  32. ^ "Lions place DE Ezekiel Ansah and TE Michael Roberts on Reserve-Injured". DetroitLions.com. December 11, 2018.
  33. ^ "Detroit Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. August 31, 2019.
  34. ^ Williams, Charean (September 25, 2019). "Washington signs tight end Jerome Cunningham". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
  35. ^ "Redskins Place TE Jerome Cunningham On IR; Release TE Drew Belcher, T Victor Salako; Sign FB Michael Burton". Redskins.com. October 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  36. ^ "2022 NFL League Transactions - Trades Waivers, Signings & more". Nfl.com. Retrieved May 30, 2022.