Patriots have released small school linebacker L.J. Fort
Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reports that the Patriots are waiving LB L.J. Fort on Tuesday. Fort is a very solid linebacker who started the first game of his career with the Browns and ended the game with a sack and an interception against Michael Vick.
Fort, 25, originally signed on with the Browns as an undrafted free agent out of Northern Iowa back in 2012. He last just over a year in Cleveland before he was among their final roster cuts.
Fort could be claimed via the wavier wire tomorrow.
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