Waived Theo Adams, offensive lineman, and Jimmy Smith, wide receiver-kick returner.

Dixon Expected to Play Ron Dixon, a wide receiver-kick returner, spent most of practice today leaning on his right knee, watching his teammates do drills from the sideline.

Terance Mathis, the wide receiver-kick returner, for example, took in New Mexico's 41-23 loss to Brigham Young.

The Giants signed Dawud Rasheed, a former fullback at Duke, and Kevin Prentiss, a former wide receiver-kick returner at Mississippi State, as free agents, the team announced yesterday.

Another former N.F.L. performer is Cornell Burbage, a wide receiver-kick returner who was second in kickoff-return average in the National Conference for the Cowboys in 1988.

The wide receiver-kick returner announced his retirement from pro football today, four months after having surgery on his right foot for an injured big toe.

"Every game from here on out is a big game," said O. J. McDuffie, the mercurial wide receiver-kick returner.

Re-signed Troy Brown, wide receiver-kick returner.

Terance Mathis, the wide receiver-kick returner, sat out practice with a stomach virus, but Blair Thomas worked out with his sore ankle.

LOS ANGELES RAMS - Signed Ron Brown, wide receiver-kick returner.