The New England Patriots announced they officially released S Jabrill Peppers on Friday.
New England also claimed DT Eric Gregory off waivers from the Bengals, signed OT Thayer Munford Jr. to the practice squad, and cut G Jack Conley in a corresponding move.
The Patriots create $4 million in cap space and $2.45 million in dead money by releasing Peppers, per OverTheCap.
Peppers, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Browns back in 2017. He finished the final year of his four-year, $10.3 million rookie contract after he was traded to New York from Cleveland as part of the Odell Beckham Jr trade. The Giants picked up his fifth-year option in 2020.
Peppers missed all but six games in 2021 due to an ACL tear and signed a one-year deal with the Patriots.
Peppers returned to New England o