Los Angeles Rams release former Alabama tight end

The Los Angeles Rams released tight end Miller Forristall from its practice squad on Friday, the NFL team announced.

The Rams released Forristall with an injury settlement. The former Alabama tight end’s injury was not disclosed.

Forristall was in his second season on the Los Angeles’ practice squad.

An injury settlement is an agreement between an injured player and his team that allows them to part ways immediately. Usually, the settlement pays a player for the number of regular-season games that his injury is likely to keep him sidelined.

In Los Angeles’ preseason opener on Aug. 11, Forristall caught a 6-yard touchdown pass with four seconds to play to lift the Rams to a 13-12 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, but he did not play in a regular-season game with Los Angeles.

The most recent of Forristall’s six regular-season appearances came on Nov. 13, 2022.

Forristall entered the NFL in May 2021 by signing with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted rookie. He spent time on the practice squads of the Titans and the Cleveland Browns that season.

Forristall played in two games as a rookie and four in the 2022 season with Cleveland.

Forristall signed with New Orleans on Jan. 26, 2023. With training camp about to start, the Saints put Forristall on the physically-unable-to-perform list on July 20, 2023 with an undisclosed ailment. On July 24, 2023, the Saints announced Forristall had passed his physical, making him eligible to practice in training camp. But the next day, New Orleans waived Forristall.

Forristall signed with the Browns on Aug. 4, 2023. Cleveland waived him on Aug. 26, 2023, as it reduced its preseason roster to the regular-season limit of 53 players.

The Rams brought Forristall aboard as a practice-squad member on Sept. 12, 2023, released him on Dec. 5, then signed him again the next week.

During his five seasons at Alabama, Forristall was a member of the CFP national-championship teams for the 2017 and 2020 seasons. He had 44 receptions for 505 yards and five touchdowns with the Crimson Tide.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.