Falcons release WR RayRay McCloud III after sending him home last week because of private matter Andy Backstrom October 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM 0 The Atlanta Falcons sent wide receiver and return man RayRay McCloud III home last week because of what head coach Raheem Morris described Friday as a privat...
- - Falcons release WR Ray-Ray McCloud III after sending him home last week because of private matter
Andy Backstrom October 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The Atlanta Falcons sent wide receiver and return man Ray-Ray McCloud III home last week because of what head coach Raheem Morris described Friday as a private matter between McCloud and the team.
Four days later, and two days after McCloud was a healthy scratch for a Week 7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Falcons released him.
McCloud was also a healthy scratch for Week 6 win over the Buffalo Bills. He had been Atlanta's No. 3 wide receiver since last season, although his six receptions and 64 receiving yards over four games in 2025 paled in comparison to the production he turned in during the 2024 campaign.
Last season, his first with the Falcons, the former sixth-round pick out of Clemson caught 62 passes for 686 yards and a touchdown to go along with his 14 kickoff returns, on which he averaged 25.8 yards.
"I sent him home," Morris said Friday, via ESPN. "Excused absence — home. Working through some things right now that are private with my young man, and we'll figure those things out as we go."
Last week, McCloud practiced Wednesday before missing Thursday and Friday's practices for non-injury-related reasons, per ESPN.
The Falcons fired wide receivers coach Ike Hilliard after their 30-0 defeat to the Carolina Panthers in Week 3. Hilliard being on staff reportedly played a big part in McCloud signing with the Falcons during the 2024 offseason.
But when Morris was asked about Hilliard's firing and McCloud's situation, he told reporters the two were unrelated.
"This is between Ray-Ray, the organization and us and dealing with those things," Morris said, via ESPN.
Morris added: "Nothing to do with that."
Morris didn't classify McCloud being sent home as a disciplinary measure. He called it "more a football thing" and said it was something "we got to get straightened out," per ESPN.
McCloud has also played for the Buffalo Bills (2018), Carolina Panthers (2019), Pittsburgh Steelers (2020-21) and San Francisco 49ers (2022-23). He led the NFL with 367 punt return yards in 2021 when he was with the Steelers.
But his best receiving numbers came last season in Atlanta.
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