{"id":882844,"date":"2026-05-05T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/882844\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:30:24","slug":"former-msu-long-snapper-taybor-pepper-cut-by-miami-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/882844\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MSU long snapper Taybor Pepper cut by Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Bondy, Spartans Wire<\/p>\n<p>Mon, May 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0d5e1099920d4d43d55ee138cffa5df0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A former Spartan has been cut by his new NFL team before he has even suited up for them.<\/p>\n<p>Former Michigan State long snapper Taybor Pepper has been cut by the Miami Dolphins, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiDolphins\/status\/2051368850055184650\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">announced<\/a> on Monday. Pepper <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/spartans\/football\/2026\/03\/19\/michigan-state-football-taybor-pepper-miami-dolphins\/89230896007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:signed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">signed<\/a> with the Dolphins in mid-March but is again back on the NFL free agent market in search of a new team.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper has played seven seasons in the NFL, dating back to his first year in 2018 with the Green Bay Packers. He has appeared in 100 games between three teams: Green Bay, Miami and San Francisco. He, however, wasn&#8217;t in the league this past season, with his last appearance coming in 2024 with the 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper played at Michigan State from 2012 to 2015, and is originally from Saline, Mich.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespartanswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The SpartansWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">The SpartansWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpartansWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBondy5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RobertBondy5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">RobertBondy5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/spartans\/football\/2026\/05\/04\/michigan-state-football-taybor-pepper-miami-dolphins-release\/89937896007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former MSU long snapper Taybor Pepper cut by Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Former MSU long snapper Taybor Pepper cut by Miami Dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Bondy, Spartans Wire Mon, May 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC A former Spartan has been cut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[220,217,7,41,345,14468,216,251,2087,343,6,1161,21859,35162],"class_list":["post-882844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-49ers","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-long-snapper","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-michigan-state","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco","tag-taybor-pepper","tag-zack-kuntz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116520330399496883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882844","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=882844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}