{"id":26039,"date":"2025-06-17T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26039"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:07:59","slug":"bengals-2025-roster-breakdown-mitchell-tinsley-enters-tough-roster-battle-as-overlooked-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26039","title":{"rendered":"Bengals 2025 Roster Breakdown: Mitchell Tinsley enters tough roster battle as overlooked wide receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"cmsg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_xy_center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620%2Cx_1553%2Cy_1092\/MjE1NjYyNDc4MjU4ODczODc1\/usatsi_26416254.jpg\" alt=\"Jun 10, 2025; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Mitchell Tinsley (82) completes a catch during practice at Paycor Stadium.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Kareem Elgazzar-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><em>Bengals roster breakdown is back! During the 99 days leading up to Cincinnati&#8217;s regular season opener against the\u00a0Cleveland Browns, the player with the matching jersey number as days remaining will become the day&#8217;s highlighted player.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n82 days remain until the Bengals&#8217; first game of the 2025 season. It&#8217;s time to throw No. 82 Mitchell Tinsley&#8217;s name into the ring.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mitchell-tinsley\">Mitchell Tinsley<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Age:\u00a0<strong>25<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Year:<strong>\u00a03rd<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Position:\u00a0<strong>Wide receiver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>College:\u00a0<strong>Penn State<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Previous Teams:\u00a0<strong>Washington Commanders\u00a0(2023-24)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jersey Number:<strong>\u00a082<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tinsley is entering his third year in the NFL and first with the Bengals after going undrafted during the 2023 NFL Draft. He played one season at Penn State in 2022, posting 51 receptions for 577 yards and five touchdowns. He spent 2020-21 at Western Kentucky\u00a0and started his collegiate career at Hutchinson Community College from 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/X-Cincinnati-Bengals-hidden-gems-on-2025-roster-you-need-to-know.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"3 Cincinnati Bengals hidden gems on 2025 roster you need to know\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Commanders signed Tinsley as a UDFA in 2023 and kept him on the roster during that season. He played in two regular season games and ran two routes in Week 2. He played special teams during Washington&#8217;s regular season finale in Week 18. He was kept on the Commanders&#8217; practice squad for all of 2024 and was not brought back to the team once the offseason began. It was then when the Bengals signed him to a\u00a0futures deal on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contract-details\">Contract Details<\/h2>\n<p>Tinsley signed a one-year, $960,000 contract with the Bengals this offseason. It&#8217;s the minimum amount for a player with one accrued season, which characterizes Tinsley since his second year in the league was spent entirely on a practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>Tinsley&#8217;s deal is not guaranteed and his potential cash earnings and salary cap hit is the same $960,000 amount.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"roster-outlook\">Roster Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>Technically speaking, Tinsley is the only non-rookie free agent wide receiver Cincinnati added this offseason. He joins a receivers room with eight returning players, and three undrafted rookies. 12 is about double the expected number of wideouts to make the initial 53-man roster, but it&#8217;s not impossible Tinsley could sneak on as WR6 behind those who have contractual security to make the team.<\/p>\n<p>Three UDFAs, Isaiah Williams, and Tinsley may all be competing for that last spot on the roster. If Tinsley falls short, the practice squad is definitely in play for him.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRoster odds: 10%<br \/>\nProjected role:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Reserve wide receiver<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-8aed2d4732c24407adae4717894811e7\" data-google-query-id=\"CLTr3vvc-I0DFUpkDwIdPqkd6A\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"previous-player-profiles\">Previous Player Profiles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 99:\u00a0Myles Murphy<\/li>\n<li>No. 98:\u00a0T.J. Slaton Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 97:\u00a0Shemar Stewart<\/li>\n<li>No. 96:\u00a0Cam Sample<\/li>\n<li>No. 95:\u00a0Howard Cross III<\/li>\n<li>No. 94:\u00a0Eric Gregory<\/li>\n<li>No. 93:\u00a0McKinnley Jackson<\/li>\n<li>No. 92:\u00a0B.J. Hill<\/li>\n<li>No. 91:\u00a0Trey Hendrickson<\/li>\n<li>No. 90:\u00a0Kris Jenkins Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 89:\u00a0Drew Sample<\/li>\n<li>No. 88:\u00a0Mike Gesicki<\/li>\n<li>No. 87:\u00a0Tanner Hudson<\/li>\n<li>No. 86:\u00a0Kole Taylor<\/li>\n<li>No. 85:\u00a0Cam Grandy<\/li>\n<li>No. 84:\u00a0Tanner McLachlan<\/li>\n<li>No. 83:\u00a0Erick All Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bengals 2025 Roster Breakdown: Mitchell Tinsley enters tough roster battle as overlooked wide receiver - 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