Raiders sign two free agent wide receivers

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The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent WRs Robert Herron and Nathan Palmer, the club announced Tuesday.

Herron joins the team after stints with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins. The 5-foot-9, 195-pounder originally signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in May 2014. He played in eight games his rookie season, posting six receptions for 58 yards (9.7 avg.) and one touchdown. He was waived by Tampa Bay at the end of the preseason in 2015 and was signed to Miami’s practice squad in October, where he spent the rest of the year. He was waived by the Dolphins last month.

Palmer originally signed with the San Francisco 49ers in May 2012 and has appeared in five career games. The 5-foot-11, 200-pounder has also had stops with the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots and Chicago Bears over his career. He played in five games for Indianapolis in 2012, posting one reception. Last season, Palmer spent time on the practice squads of New England and Chicago.

In corresponding transactions, the Raiders have waived/injured WR Andre Debose and waived QB Garrett Gilbert.

Raiders roster by position, as of May 24:

OFFENSE
OFFENSIVE LINE
61 Rodney Hudson..................C
62 Ross Burbank.....................C
64 Torian White.......................OL
65 Mitch Bell...........................G
66 Gabe Jackson.....................G
67 Oni Omoile..........................G
68 Terran Vaughn....................G/C
70 Kelechi Osemele................G/T
71 Menelik Watson..................T
72 Donald Penn.......................T
73 Matt McCants.....................T
74 Vadal Alexander.................G
76 Jon Feliciano......................G/C
77 Austin Howard....................T
79 Denver Kirkland.................G

QUARTERBACKS
4 Derek Carr.........................QB
8 Connor Cook......................QB
14 Matt McGloin......................QB

RUNNING BACKS
22 Taiwan Jones......................RB
26 Roy Helu, Jr........................RB
28 Latavius Murray.................RB
33 DeAndré Washington.........RB
34 George Atkinson III.............RB
45 Marcel Reece.....................FB
46 Jalen Richard.....................RB
49 Jamize Olawale..................FB/RB

TIGHT ENDS
81 Mychal Rivera.....................TE
82 Gabe Holmes......................TE
85 Ryan O’Malley.....................TE
86 Lee Smith...........................TE
87 Colton Underwood.............TE
88 Clive Walford......................TE

WIDE RECEIVERS
9 Joe Hansley........................WR
10 Seth Roberts......................WR
13 Nathan Palmer...................WR
15 Michael Crabtree...............WR
16 Johnny Holton....................WR
17 Robert Herron....................WR
18 Andre Holmes....................WR
19 Jaydon Mickens..................WR
80 K.J. Brent...........................WR
83 Max McCaffrey...................WR
89 Amari Cooper.....................WR

DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE LINE
52 Khalil Mack........................DE
63 Branden Jackson...............DL
69 Drew Iddings......................DL
75 Darius Latham...................DT
78 Justin Ellis..........................DT
90 Dan Williams......................DT
92 Stacy McGee.......................DT
93 Leon Orr.............................DT
94 Greg Townsend Jr..............DE
95 Jihad Ward.........................DL
96 Denico Autry.......................DL
97 Mario Edwards Jr...............DE
98 Damontre Moore................DE

LINEBACKERS
44 Kyrie Wilson.......................LB
47 James Cowser....................LB/DE
50 Ben Heeney........................LB
51 Bruce Irvin..........................LB
53 Malcolm Smith...................LB
54 Korey Toomer.....................LB
55 John Lotulelei....................LB
56 Daren Bates.......................LB
57 Cory James........................LB
58 Neiron Ball.........................LB
91 Shilique Calhoun................LB

SECONDARY
20 Nate Allen..........................S
21 Sean Smith.........................CB
23 Dexter McDonald...............CB
25 DJ Hayden..........................CB
27 Reggie Nelson....................S
29 David Amerson...................CB
30 SaQwan Edwards...............CB
31 Neiko Thorpe......................CB
32 Antonio Hamilton...............CB
35 Dewey McDonald................DB
36 Chris Hackett.....................DB
37 Chris Edwards....................DB
38 TJ Carrie.............................CB
39 Keith McGill........................CB
40 Kenneth Durden.................CB
41 Brynden Trawick................S
42 Karl Joseph........................S
43 Jimmy Hall.........................S

SPECIALISTS
3 Giorgio Tavecchio...............K
7 Marquette King..................P
11 Sebastian Janikowski.........K
48 Andrew East.......................LS
59 Jon Condo..........................LS

RESERVE/SUSPENDED
99 Aldon Smith........................LB

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