The Seattle Seahawks have signed veteran offensive tackle Bobby Hart to their practice squad, adding a player who has been in the NFL since 2015 as insurance along the offensive line (via Spotrac.com’s NFL transaction log).
Seattle released undrafted rookie defensive tackle Uso Seumalo to open a practice-squad spot.
Hart had already spent the summer with the Seahawks after signing in June. He appeared in all three preseason games before being released Sunday when the club trimmed to 53 players. Four days later, he is back in the building.
Hart entered the league as a seventh-round pick, No. 226 overall, by the New York Giants out of Florida State in 2015. The Lauderhill, Florida, product has since built a long, well-traveled career as a swing tackle with starting experience.
He has played in 108 regular-season games with 75 starts. His stops include the Giants (2015–17), Cincinnati Bengals (2018–20), Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Washington Commanders, and Los Angeles Chargers.
His most substantial stretch as a starter came in Cincinnati. Hart started every game at right tackle for the Bengals in both 2018 and 2019. After quieter years and no regular-season snaps in 2023 or 2024, he resurfaced with the Chargers in 2025, playing 10 games and starting eight as injuries hit Los Angeles’ line. That work was his first extended regular-season action since 2022.
For Seattle, the move is about depth more than an immediate challenge to the starting tandem of Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas. Josh Jones is the primary backup on the 53-man roster.
Hart gives the Seahawks a veteran they already know and can elevate if injuries hit the edges, a recurring issue in recent seasons. Reports from camp noted Hart struggled at times in pass protection during the preseason, which helps explain why he did not survive final cuts.
The front office still valued the familiarity and starting résumé enough to bring him back quickly.
Practice-squad signings like this are standard roster maintenance heading into Week 1. Hart will practice, stay in the scheme, and wait for a call-up if Seattle needs a body who has already started 75 NFL games.
At 32, he is no longer a developmental project. He is a known quantity: a former seventh-rounder who has survived more than a decade in the league by being available when lines break down.
That availability is what Seattle is buying. The Seahawks return a largely intact offensive line and added draft help inside, but tackle depth remains thin once you get past the top two.
Hart’s return is a low-risk way to keep a veteran option close without using an active roster spot. Whether he ever sees regular-season snaps in Seattle will depend on health up front. For now, he is back on the practice squad, 11 years after first hearing his name called in the 2015 draft.
