Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 1:50 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
Trent Sherfield is now a street free agent.<\/p>\n
The New England Patriots<\/a> allowed Sherfield’s practice squad contract to expire on Tuesday, making him a free agent, eligible to sign elsewhere ahead of the official start of the NFL’s new league year in March.<\/p>\n Sherfield (6-1, 206 pounds) signed a\u00a0two-year, $6 million contract<\/a>\u00a0with the Denver Broncos<\/a> last year. He totaled three receptions for 21 yards and played\u00a051%<\/a>\u00a0of the special teams snaps before being cut 10 games into the 2025 season. Sherfield later said the team’s decision to cut him was shocking<\/a>.<\/p>\n After a stint on the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>‘ practice squad, Sherfield finished the season on New England’s practice squad<\/a>. He dressed for two games in Arizona after being cut by Denver but did not make any appearances for the Patriots. Set to turn 30 years old next week, Sherfield will now seek his eighth NFL team.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>All 32 NFL teams (including the Broncos) ranked by 2026 strength of schedule<\/a> Ex-Broncos WR signs with Giants after winning Super Bowl ring with Seahawks<\/a> 3-round NFL mock draft: Broncos add more weapons for Bo Nix<\/a> Raiders hire ex-Broncos Super Bowl-winning assistant coach<\/a> Sean Payton doesn’t appreciate NFL’s head coach interviews during playoffs<\/a> 4 years after big trade, Dolphins cut ex-Broncos pass rusher<\/a> Dre Greenlaw shares perfect motivation to Broncos players for 2026 season<\/a> Sean Payton adds new coach to Broncos’ staff<\/a> NFL offseason: Key dates Broncos fans should know in 2026<\/a> These Broncos players are scheduled to become free agents next month<\/a> Denver Broncos schedule: Full list of 2026 opponents<\/a> Broncos order of picks in 2026 NFL draft<\/a> All 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked oldest to youngest<\/a> Meet the new Broncos ownership group<\/a> Peyton Manning’s new Denver sports team picks name, unveils amazing logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 1:50 p.m. MT Trent Sherfield is now a street free agent. The New England…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95886,95893,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,98239,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-759031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","12":"tag-sstsnbroncos","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","15":"tag-tagfacebook","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnfl","18":"tag-tagnfl-hub","19":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagtrent-sherfield","22":"tag-tagtwitter","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116088000084641243","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}