Eagles set 53-man roster, release Steven Means, waive Donnel Pumphrey, and keep Josh Perkins on cut-down day

Tight end Josh Perkins, guard Chance Warmack, running back Wendell Smallwood, and wide receiver DeAndre Carter all made the team.

Eagles running back Donnel Pumphrey is pushed out of bounds by the Jets J.J. Wilcox.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI/Staff Photographer

by Zach Berman

Published Sep. 1, 2018, 4:37 p.m. ET

The Eagles released defensive end Steven Means and running back Josh Adams while cutting the roster to the league-mandated 53 players. Tight end Josh Perkins, guard Chance Warmack, running back Wendell Smallwood, and wide receiver DeAndre Carter all made the team.

Defensive tackle Tim Jernigan was placed on the in-season non-football injury and safety Chris Maragos was placed on the in-season PUP list, so both players are out at least six weeks.

Here were all the transactions:

Released: WR Kamar Aiken, DE Steven Means, WR Markus Wheaton

Waived/Injured: CB D.J. Killings, TE Gannon Sinclair, T Toby Weathersby

Waived: RB Josh Adams, CB De'Vante Bausby, LB Asantay Brown, TE Billy Brown, QB Joe Callahan, DT Winston Craig, WR Rashard Davis, TE Anthony Denham, G Aaron Evans, DE Danny Ezechukwu, S Ironhead Gallon, G Darrell Greene, QB Christian Hackenberg, T Taylor Hart, RB Matt Jones, DE Joe Ostman, WR Darius Prince, RB Donnel Pumphrey, DT Elijah Qualls, S Jeremy Reaves, DT Aziz Shittu, CB Chandon Sullivan, C Jon Toth, WR Bryce Treggs, WR Greg Ward, LB Jaboree Williams, LB Kyle Wilson, and WR Tim Wilson.