The following veteran players have been released or have been informed by their respective teams that they will be released:

Veterans who have been or will be released
Team	Player	'01 savings	'02 hit	Comment
	OL Victor Allotey	$512,000	$0	He's a young offensive interior lineman who hasn't had a lot of playing time, but he might draw some interest from a few teams.
	DE Lester Archambeau	$900,000	$1 million	The Broncos have added enough defensive linemen and didn't even need him last season.
	CB Mark Carrier	$1.4 million	$1.8 million	Whoever signs Carrier won't have him for the first two games of the 2001 season because of a suspension for a helmet hit.
	LB Todd Collins	$527,000	$520,000	Has been replaced by what the Rams consider are faster linebackers, such as Mark Fields.
	G Chris Dalman	$477,000	$925,000	Dalman announced his retirement on Monday. The 49ers delayed the announcement until now in order to defer some of his salary to this year's cap figure.
	CB Carlton Gray	$500,000	$1.675M	Dick Vermeil going in a different direction at CB than Gray, who never got a chance to start.
	RB Richard Huntley	$1.295M	$333,334	Bill Cowher told him to stay away from mini-camp after re-signing Jerome Bettis and Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala.
	WR Malcolm Johnson	$394,000	$389,000	Former practice squad guy who came over from Pittsburgh but got passed over by Matthew Hatchette and Santana Moss.
	RB Jonathan Linton	$512,000	$0	He's a big back who's very much like Antowain Smith, but he's younger who might fit in a power offense.
	LB Lonnie Marts	$484,000	$1 million	The first guy out of Jacksonville. Goes before Kevin Hardy, giving more indication the Jags will stick with Hardy although their cap is tight.
	LB Barry Minter	$2.7 million	$800,000	Is expected to appear on the waiver wire on Tuesday, June 5. Minter will give his new team a good, experienced middle linebacker.
	*WR Keith Poole	$850,000	$800,000	Poole wanted a trade a year ago. Now he gets his freedom.
	WR Jerry Rice	$2.5 million	$3.593M	All-time receiving great wasn't out of work for long. Rice appears to be set to sign with the Raiders after getting released by the 49ers on Monday.
	S Scott Shields	$389,000	$200,000	A hard-hitter who got hit hard by Cowher's desire for experienced safeties.
	RB Robert Smith	$1 million	$3.17 million	The Vikings announced Smith's release Monday for cap reasons, even though he retired some time ago.
	*CB Phillippi Sparks	$1 million	$930,000	He will sign a one-day contract with the Giants so he can retire as a Giant, unless someone is willing to pay him a ton of money to stay in football.
	*DE Andre Wadsworth	$5.757M	$0	Having felt burned by the experience of Eric Swann's macro-fracture knee surgery, the Cardinals didn't want to waste time waiting for a recovery from a similar injury by Wadsworth, who is questionable this season.

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