The Green Bay Packers have released tight end Ryan Taylor, the team announced Monday evening, and filled his roster spot by promoting receiver Kevin Dorsey from the practice squad.

Taylor, a seventh-round pick in 2011, had been one of the team’s core special teams performers. According to the team, however, he had one tackle in the first four games. (The coaches’ statistical tally for the Minnesota game has not been made available.) Taylor tallied 23 tackles in his first three seasons, according to team statistics.

“Well, I think overall we’ve improved as a roster,” special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said on Monday. “I think we’ve got a number of guys that can play well. Ryan did a great job for us and played extremely hard and is a darned good player.”

He had played only 10 snaps on offense in five games this season, according to ProFootballFocus.com, despite inconsistent play from third-round rookie Richard Rodgers. He played 166 snaps on offense in 2013, when he had career highs of six receptions for 30 yards, and 131 in 2012, when he caught one pass for 11 yards. As a rookie, he played 26 snaps on offense and caught one pass for 4 yards and his only touchdown.

That leaves just three players from the 10-man 2011 draft class: first-rounder Derek Sherrod, second-rounder Randall Cobb and fourth-rounder Davon House.

Dorsey, a seventh-round pick in 2013, was in the running for a roster spot in training camp in large part because of his special teams play. He was a No. 1 on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt return teams for most of the summer.

Meanwhile, cornerback Tay Glover-Wright was added to the practice squad. Glover-Wright, a 6-foot, 175-pound rookie out of Utah State, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Falcons on May 12 and was released on Aug. 25. Glover-Wright started his college career as a quarterback and wide receiver at Highland (Kan.) Community College (2010) and Eastern Arizona Community College (2011). He played his final two seasons at Utah State, where he recorded 69 tackles (40 solo), five tackles for a loss, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and 10 passes defensed.