When the Washington Commanders finalized their 53-man roster last week, they followed up by quickly announcing their practice squad. Every NFL team can have 16 players on the practice squad unless you have someone from the International Player Pathway Program, allowing you to carry 17 players.
Washington has someone from the IPPP (DT Haggai Ndubuisi), but only 15 players were announced.
On Monday, the Commanders added another player to the practice squad: Linebacker Nick Bellore. Bellore, 35, is an 14-year NFL veteran, most recently with the Seattle Seahawks, where he made the Pro Bowl twice as a special teams player.
In Washington, Bellore reunites with his former position coach with the Seahawks, Larry Izzo. Izzo is Washington’s special teams coach and spent the previous six seasons in Seattle.
We have signed LB Nick Bellore to the practice squad pic.twitter.com/9yhCa7f0ms
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) September 2, 2024
Bellore played collegiately at Central Michigan and went undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft. He initially signed with the New York Jets and spent four seasons there before spending two years in San Francisco and two more in Detroit. He signed with the Seahawks in 2019.
Bellore has much in common with Izzo, as both had long NFL careers as special team standouts.