Dallas Cowboys sign free agent long snapper Trent Sieg
The Dallas Cowboys have scooped up former Las Vegas Raiders long snapper Trent Sieg, the club announced on Wednesday. Sieg is inking a deal with Dallas after five seasons with the Raiders. He signed with them as an undrafted free agent in 2018 out of Colorado State.
The Cowboys are revamping the special teams unit for the 2023 season. Former starting long snapper Jake McQuaide signed a deal out of free agency with the Lions earlier this week. Meanwhile, several other Cowboys specialists are still on the free agency market.
Through five seasons in the league, Sieg has made $4.19 million in career earnings. He signed the biggest deal of his career in 2021 for three years, $3.42 million with the Raiders.
Sieg, a Colorado native, attended Colorado State where he played in all 13 games for four seasons from 2014-17. He redshirted his first year on campus.
Cowboys continue signing streak
Although not as hectic as Tuesday, the Cowboys continued their signing streak on Wednesday. After adding Ronald Jones and Chuma Edoga on Tuesday, Dallas re-signed practice squad DE Takkarist McKinley for 2023.
Up next on the to-do list for the Cowboys is securing veteran defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins, according to David Moore of the Dallas Morning News.
Hankins joined Dallas in October in a trade that sent the Cowboys’ 2023 sixth-round pick to the Raiders, and a 2024 seventh-round pick back to Dallas.
The 10-year veteran out of Ohio State came in to bolster the Cowboys’ already stout defensive line group. He played in several games, then tore a pectoral muscle, and made his return in time for the playoffs. He finished the year with five postseason tackles, including a sack and two tackles for loss, as well as 10 tackles in five regular season games.
More on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2023 calendar year began at 4 p.m. ET on March 15. At that time, contracts running through 2022 officially ran out, making those players free agents.
Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams had a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. The Cowboys used their franchise tag this year on Tony Pollard.
The legal negotiation period spanned from March 13 through March 15. The new year marked the beginning of all trades going official per the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets. On April 26, the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets hits.
There were 722 players due to hit free agency in 2023, including 20 unrestricted free agents for Dallas. Follow all the Cowboys free agency news with the offseason tracker.