RAM NOTES

Howard Tippett resigned as the Rams’ special teams coach, the team announced.

Washington’s Wayne Sevier, one of the league’s top special teams coaches, is the leading candidate to replace Tippett.

Tippett, 56, joined Ram Coach Chuck Knox’s staff in 1992 after four seasons as Green Bay’s special teams coach. He was the linebackers and special teams coach with Tampa Bay for six seasons before leaving in 1987 to become the defensive coordinator at Illinois.

Rams’ special teams were ranked 28th in the league last season.

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Wide receiver Jeff Jones, who was on Kansas City’s practice squad last season, worked out for the Rams Thursday. Jones, a former track and football standout at Irvine High, signed with the Chiefs as a rookie free agent last season after four years at Cal.