Former University of Tennessee tight end Alex Ellis has agreed to join the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad after being cut by the Tennessee Titans on Friday, according to a tweet from The Tennesseean’s Jason Wolf.

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Wolf, who covers the Titans for The Tennesseean, reported the news Sunday afternoon.

Ellis, a former high school quarterback from Delaware who walked on at Tennessee and became a tight end and a team leader, was signed by the Titans after going unselected in the NFL Draft in April.

Despite impressing at times with the Titans — and collecting a touchdown catch in a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers — Ellis was cut on Friday. The 6-foot-4, 253-pound tight end impressed enough with the Titans to stick on a practice squad somewhere else, though.

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