The Seahawks released their practice squad a day after they finalized their 53-man roster. Each NFL team is allowed 16 players, and that number can go up to 17 if one of the players is participating in the NFL’s National Pathways Program. The program scouts players on a global level and looks to develop them into NFL players. The Seahawks have 15 players on their practice squad.
Here is the full list of players signed to the practice squad on Wednesday:
Article 33, Section 4 of the CBA explains who is eligible to join the practice squad, with some modifications made in 2022:
Section 4. Eligibility: Beginning in the 2022 League Year, the Practice Squad shall consist of the following players: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience;
(ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s);
(iii) a maximum of ten free agent players per Club who have earned no more than two Accrued Seasons, with such players having no limitation as to the number of games on the game day Active List in either of those seasons; and
(iv) a maximum of six free agent players per Club with no limitations as to their number of earned Accrued Seasons; provided, however, that the combined total number of players in categories (iii) and (iv) above may not exceed ten.
What does all of that mean? Let’s start with the basics: accrued seasons.
Per the CBA, a player gets awarded an accrued season for each one during which “he was on, or should have been on, full pay status for a total of six or more regular season games.” This does include games spent on a team’s 53-man roster or its injured reserve and PUP lists but neither covers the non-football injury list (NFI) nor the practice squad itself.
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