NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans signed four free agents Wednesday, adding quarterback Hendon Hooker, running back Michael Carter and receivers Lance McCutcheon and K.J. Osborn.
Tennessee already has Cam Ward, the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL draft, at the top of its quarterback depth chart after he started every game of his rookie season and took every snap for Tennessee’s offense until getting hurt early in the finale.
The Titans signed veteran quarterback Mitchell Trubisky earlier this offseason, and Will Levis is going into his fourth pro season after Tennessee’s second-round pick of the 2023 draft spent 2025 on injured reserve recovering from shoulder surgery.
Hooker was a third-round pick by the Detroit Lions out of the University of Tennessee in 2023 despite tearing an ACL in November 2022, which made his rookie season essentially a pro redshirt year, but he appeared in three games in 2024 and was 6-of-9 passing for 62 yards. Detroit waived him in August 2025, he signed with the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad before being released Nov. 4, and the New York Jets signed him to their practice squad in December.
Carter is another new addition with ties to Titans first-year head coach Robert Saleh. Carter was a fourth-round pick in 2021 by the Jets during Saleh’s first season as their head. He started five of 13 games for the Arizona Cardinals last season, rushing for 333 yards on 92 carries, including a touchdown.