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USA Today
06-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Arizona Cardinals to use international exemption on rookie free agent OL
Arizona Cardinals to use international exemption on rookie free agent OL After four years of TE Bernhard Seikovits on the team through the international exemption, the Cardinals will used it on a new player in 2025 The Arizona Cardinals have a new player on their roster with an international exemption. Austrian tight end Bernhard Seikovits spent the last four years on their practice squad through the international exemption the NFL allows for teams having a player from the International Pathway Program. However, that changes this year. The Cardinals released Seikovits after they announced the addition of six rookie free agents. According to Cards Wire's Howard Balzer, the Cardinals will use the international exemption on one of their undrafted rookies — offensive lineman Valentin Senn. Senn is Austrian like Seikovits. He played collegiately for Colorado in 2020 and then the last four years for UConn, starting the last three seasons at left tackle. Before his college football days, he played three years for the Swarco Raiders in Tirol, Austria. Assuming he shows something in the offseason, we can expect Senn to be on the practice squad this year. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
20-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 offseason roster profile: TE Bernhard Seikovits
The Arizona Cardinals are in offseason mode and we are still weeks away from free agency and months from the NFL draft. Over the next little while, we will take a look at each player on the roster or signed to a reserve deal and break down where they stand with the team. We will look at their 2024 season, their contract status and what their status is for the coming offseason and 2025 season. Next up is tight end Bernhard Seikovits. 2024 Bernhard Seikovits stats, season Seikovits, who originally joined the Cardinals in 2021 as part of the league's International Pathways Program out of Austria, has spent the last four seasons exclusively on the practice squad, taking advantage of the exemption, giving the Cardinals a 17-player practice squad instead of 16. For the first three years, if he was initially placed on the practice squad with that exemption, he was ineligible to be elevated to the active roster. Last year, that rule was taken away, but he never was. He earned the honor of being the final Pat Tillman practice player of the week of the season. 2025 contract status Seikovits signed a futures deal for 2025 after the season's conclusion in January. He will make $840,000 in salary if he makes the team. Outlook for 2025 Unless he takes big strides, he seems destined to another season on the practice squad. The coaches really like him. He would like to be able to someday play on Sundays. We will at least get to see him in training camp and the preseason. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
