The Tennessee Titans signed a total of 14 undrafted free agents after the 2020 NFL Draft, but the question is, can any of them make the team’s 53-man roster?
While it’s always an uphill climb for UDFAs to make the cut, we’ve seen it happen plenty of times before in the NFL, and in particular, with the Titans.
As a reminder, here’s the full list of Titans UDFA signings, and then we’ll dive into which players could make the cut out of training camp.
Aaron Brewer | OL | Texas State
Cale Garrett | ILB | Missouri
Tommy Hudson | TE | Arizona State
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas | ILB | Arizona State
Brandon Kemp | OT | Valdosta State
Mason Kinsey | WR | Berry College
Tucker McCann | K | Missouri
Anthony McKinney | OT | TCU
Cameron Scarlett | RB | Stanford
Kobe Smith | NT | South Carolina
Teair Tart | DT | Florida International
Nick Westbrook | WR | Indiana
Kristian Wilkerson | WR | SE Missouri State
Kyle Williams | WR | Arizona State
ILB Cale Garrett
One of the few position groups that could still have an opening for a UDFA to make the cut is at inside linebacker. Beyond Jayon Brown, Rashaan Evans and David Long, the situation gets a little murky.
The Titans have free-agent signing Nick Dzubnar and Nigel Harris on the roster also, but both have played predominantly on special teams in the past.
Cale Garrett has proven to have some skills in coverage in the past, notching three interceptions on 12 passes thrown his way in six games played last season, per Pro Football Focus.
His grade of 91.9 was tied for the 13th-best among linebackers and he compiled 205 tackles combined in his sophomore and junior seasons.
ILB Khaylan Kearse-Thomas
Another UDFA inside linebacker, Khaylan Kearse-Thomas also flashed some pass coverage skills in college, having never allowed a touchdown on any pass thrown his way during his time at Arizona State, per PFF.
Kearse-Thomas also proved to have some versatility, as he played at inside linebacker, in the slot and along the defensive line for the Sun Devils. In his senior season, the 6-foot-1, 224-pound linebacker notched 36 tackles (eight for loss) and 2.5 sacks.
K Tucker McCann
One of the biggest question marks the Titans will have in 2020 is at kicker, as the team’s starter at the end of last season, Greg Joseph, attempted just one field goal in five games (including playoffs) and has just 21 attempts in total over the course of three seasons.
Missouri product Tucker McCann will be the main source of competition for Joseph in training camp, barring the team adding a veteran at some point. It’s certainly conceivable that McCann could win the job, but it’ll be an uphill climb.
McCann made 16-of-22 field goals last season (72.7 percent) and also handled punting duties.
DT Teair Tart
The Titans are going to be looking for some depth on the defensive line outside of Jeffery Simmons, DaQuan Jones, Jack Crawford and Larrell Murchison this season.
The sample size is small with Teair Tart, but quite impressive nonetheless. In two seasons at Florida International, Tart posted a PFF grade of 85 or better in both seasons after playing a combined total of 694 snaps.
The 6-foot-3, 290-pound lineman has proven to be an asset as both a run-stuffer and pass-rusher. He totaled 17.5 tackles for loss and a pass-rush win rate of 12.9 percent the past two seasons, which ranked 30th among interior defensive linemen with at least 300 snaps.
PFF also ranked him as one of the 15 best UDFA signings of 2020 (No. 13).
WR Mason Kinsey
The Titans figure to have at least three wide receivers locked in to the roster at the moment in A.J. Brown, Corey Davis and Adam Humphries, and Kalif Raymond is a strong candidate to take the fourth spot. That leaves one or two open spots on the depth chart.
Berry College standout Mason Kinsey’s numbers jump off the page at you. The 5-foot-11, 187-pound receiver totaled an astounding 3,242 receiving yards and 49 touchdowns in his final three collegiate seasons, including two campaigns that saw him total over 1,200 yards.
Kinsey also worked as returner in his senior season, averaging an impressive 28.8 yards per return and one touchdown on kickoffs, and 10.6 yards per return on punts.
WR Nick Westbrook
As Rotoworld’s Thor Nystrom pointed out, Nick Westbrook was once thought to be a guy who could be a Day 2 selection after putting an impressive sophomore campaign together at Indiana in 2016.
In that season, Westbrook totaled 995 yards and six scores, while also adding a rushing touchdown. However, his momentum was slowed after suffering a torn ACL in 2017, and he never seemingly regained it in the two years that followed.
Westbrook has great size (6-foot-3, 219 pounds) and has shown the flashes of having the potential to be something special.
