FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots announced that DB Tyron Herring has been signed to the practice squad and that DB Corey Ballentine has been released from the practice squad.
Herring, 24, originally was signed by the Green Bay Packers as a rookie free agent out of Delaware on May 2, 2025, and was released by the Packers on Aug. 26, 2025. The 6-foot-1, 201-pounder, played in 40 games with 29 starts during his college career at Dartmouth (2019, 2021-22) and at Delaware (2023-24). He recorded 121 total tackles, 15 passes defensed and 5 interceptions.
Ballentine, 29, was signed by New England to the practice squad on Aug. 28, 2025. He was elevated to the active roster for the first game of the of the year vs. Las Vegas (9/7) and saw action on special teams. Ballentine is a veteran of seven NFL seasons with the New York Giants (2019-20), New York Jets (2020), Detroit Lions (2021) and Green Bay Packers (2022-24). The 5-foot-11, 196-pounder, originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft pick by the Giants in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Washburn. He has played in 70 NFL games with 11 starts and has 67 total tackles, 1 interception and 2 forced fumbles and has returned 37 kickoffs for 876 yards. Ballentine was signed by Indianapolis as an unrestricted free agent this past spring but was released on Aug. 1, 2025. He then signed with Green Bay on Aug. 4 but was released on Aug. 26, 2025.
