Titans to waive 2016 second-round OLB Dodd

The Tennessee Titans have informed outside linebacker Kevin Dodd he will be released, the team announced Tuesday.

The Titans placed Dodd on the reserve/did not report list Sunday after he did not show for training camp on Sunday with the rookies, quarterbacks and other players with lingering injuries.

Entering the third year of his four-year rookie contract, Dodd will be subject to waivers, and a team will likely claim him to take a chance on the 33rd-overall pick from the 2016 draft.

Dodd, who turned 26 on July 14, has 12 career tackles and 1.0 sack in 18 games (one start) across two seasons. He had a pair of surgeries to repair a foot injury suffered before his rookie season and has battled foot issues since. He skipped the team's voluntary offseason workouts before showing for mandatory minicamp.

A top prospect in 2016, Dodd had 12.5 sacks and 24.0 tackles for loss as a senior in 2015 at Clemson, where he played as a 4-3 defensive end. The Titans drafted him with the first pick of the second round and converted him to 3-4 outside linebacker, but he played just 271 defensive snaps through two seasons.

Tennessee traded up to take outside linebacker Harold Landry with the 41st overall pick in this April's draft. Landry is expected to rotate into the lineup with veterans Brian Orakpo and Derrick Morgan, who are both set to hit free agency in March.

--Field Level Media