Former Philadelphia Eagles safety Tristin McCollum was claimed off waivers by the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday.
The Eagles waived McCollum, who played 250 defensive snaps and 227 special teams snaps in 2024, on Wednesday. The team also waived 2024 draft pick Trevor Keegan. With those two open roster spots, the Eagles claimed Willie Lampkin off waivers and re-signed veteran long snapper Charley Hughlett.
McCollum was retained on the Eagles’ initial 53-man roster as a fourth safety behind Reed Blankenship, Sydney Brown, and Andrew Mukuba (who is still dealing with a hamstring injury). The Eagles still only have three full-time safeties on their active roster but they did sign Marcus Epps (who coincidentally used to play for the Raiders) to their practice squad with the possible intent of eventually adding him to their roster.
The Raiders rank sixth in the claiming order (which mirrors the 2025 NFL Draft order), so, McCollum didn’t come close to clearing waivers. It remains to be seen if other teams had interest.
Las Vegas notably employs multiple former Eagles front office executives: general manager John Spytek, vice president of player personnel Brandon Hunt, and senior personnel executive Andrew Patch. The latter two, who were hired away from Philly this offseason, likely factored into the Raiders’ interest in McCollum.
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