After a disappointing 11th season in Atlanta, it appears Roddy White won’t receive a 12th for the team that drafted him. The Falcons announced the release of their longtime wideout on their website.
The Falcons don’t gain too much financially by cutting ties with White, their first-round pick in 2005. As of today, White was set to take up $6.14MM of Atlanta’s cap — the fifth-highest figure on the team. The Falcons will create $2.36MM of cap room but be charged with $3.78MM in dead money as White’s contract had two more seasons left.
The 34-year-old White made four Pro Bowls and was a first-team All-Pro in 2010, when he caught a career-high 110 passes for 1,389 yards and 10 touchdowns. In 2015, however, White started all 16 games but caught just 43 passes for 506 yards and one touchdown as Julio Jones led the league in receiving.
White is by far the Falcons’ all-time receiving leader, with 10,863 yards, as the only player in franchise history to have more than 10,000 yards receiving.
