The Cleveland Browns have released 26-year-old wide receiver Bryce Oliver from the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday as part of a pair of roster moves ahead of Week 1.
Cleveland signed wide receiver Bub Means and defensive end Nadame Tucker to the practice squad and released Oliver and punter Wes Pahl. The moves come six days after Oliver joined the Browns following his surprise cut from the Tennessee Titans.
Oliver, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, native born May 19, 2000, is a 6-foot-1, 214-pound receiver out of Youngstown State. He began his college career at Kentucky before transferring to YSU, where he became a first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection in 2022 and led the Penguins in receptions, yards, and touchdowns as a senior. He signed with Tennessee as an undrafted free agent in 2024.
In two seasons with the Titans, Oliver appeared in 13 games and caught seven passes for 103 yards. He was valued more as a special-teams contributor than as an offensive option, recording kickoff-return work and tackles on coverage units.
A knee injury limited him for much of 2025; he was placed on injured reserve in mid-November and activated for Tennessee’s season finale. The Titans tendered him as an exclusive-rights free agent last spring, then waived him on Aug. 30 during final cuts.
The Browns added him to the practice squad on Sept. 2, giving the Ohio product a short look in a crowded receiver room. That stay lasted less than a week.
Means, the new addition at the position, takes Oliver’s practice-squad spot as Cleveland continues to shape depth before Sunday’s season opener at Jacksonville.
Practice-squad releases are routine this time of year. Players in Oliver’s situation become free agents and can sign with another club’s practice squad or, if claimed, a 53-man roster.
For Oliver, the Browns stop is the latest chapter in a career spent bouncing between the active roster and practice squad since entering the league undrafted.
Cleveland has been active on the margins of the roster since training camp ended, claiming players, filling practice-squad spots, and cycling through specialists and depth pieces.
Oliver’s brief tenure fits that pattern: a local college product with special-teams tape who did not stick once the team found another body it preferred at receiver.
Whether another team gives him a look before Week 1 remains to be seen. For now, the Browns have moved on, and Oliver is again seeking his next NFL opportunity.
