Teams in the National Football League cut their active rosters to 53 players over the last 24 hours. As of this very moment, there are 29 former Notre Dame football players on a NFL roster for the opening of the 2017 season -- 16 (in bold) are listed as a starter. Here they are:
ARIZONA CARDINALS
BALTIMORE RAVENS
CAROLINA PANTHERS
CINCINNATI BENGALS
CLEVELAND BROWNS
DALLAS COWBOYS
DETROIT LIONS
HOUSTON TEXANS
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
LOS ANGELES RAMS
MIAMI DOLPHINS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
NEW ORLEAN SAINTS
NEW YORK GIANTS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
ARIZONA CARDINALS
- Troy Niklas, TE
BALTIMORE RAVENS
- Ronnie Stanley, OT
CAROLINA PANTHERS
- Cole Luke, DB
- J.J. Jansen, LS
CINCINNATI BENGALS
- Tyler Eifert, TE
- KeiVarae Russell, DB
CLEVELAND BROWNS
- DeShone Kizer, QB
DALLAS COWBOYS
- Zack Martin, OG
- Jaylon Smith, LB
DETROIT LIONS
- Theo Riddick, RB
- Golden Tate, WR
- TJ Jones, WR
HOUSTON TEXANS
- Will Fuller, WR
- Nick Martin, C
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
- Matthias Farley, DB
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
- Ben Koyack, TE
- Sheldon Day, DT
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
- James Onwualu, LB
- Isaac Rochell, DE
LOS ANGELES RAMS
- John Sullivan, C
MIAMI DOLPHINS
- Anthony Fasano, TE
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
- Michael Floyd, WR
- Kyle Rudolph, TE
- Harrison Smith, S
NEW ORLEAN SAINTS
- Manti Te'o, LB
NEW YORK GIANTS
- Romeo Okwara, DE
- Ishaq Williams, DE
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
- Stephon Tuitt, DE
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
- C.J. Prosise, RB