Orlando Pirates Transaction Round-Up May 17, 2026

By: Mick Moninghoff

Signed DB Tyree Gillespie, 6'0, 200 lbs. Missouri

Signed DB Leon O'Neal, 6'2, 218, Texas A&M

Signed OL Que McBroom, 6"4, 230 lbs. Louisiana Monroe

Placed DB Darren Evans, 6'3, 183 lbs., Nicholls State/LSU on Long Term IR

Placed OL Na'Ty Rodgers, 6'5, 300 lbs. South Carolina/Houston on Long Term IR

Placed DB Javaris Davis, 5'10, 185 lbs., Auburn on Short Term IR

Placed DB Dexter Lawson, 5'10, 190 lbs. Appalachian State on Short Term IR

Activated WR Jacob Copeland, 6'0, 200 lbs. Florida/Maryland 

Released LB Khari Coleman, 6'2, 220 lbs. TCU/Ole Miss from Short Term IR

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