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The Tyrolean Sandro Platzgummer is in the training squad of the New York Giants for the coming season. The 23-year-old Tyrolean has a special status as part of the International Pathway Program of the National Football League (NFL) and may therefore not be included in the match squad in the 2020 season. The Giants announced on Sunday evening.
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Platzgummer (number 34) trains with superstar Barkley (number 26)
Running back Platzgummer, only the fourth Austrian in history to have an NFL contract, did not make it into the 53-man squad, as expected, on Saturday after his first preparation in the USA, with which the Giants in the season that started on Thursday To attack. There are up to 16 players in the training squad who can be pulled up at any time. Platzgummer is 17th but an exception.
The former player of the Raiders Tirol can now train the entire season with the Giants around star running back Saquon Barkley. However, deployments are not possible until 2021 at the earliest. So far, Toni Fritsch, Toni Linhart and Raimund Wersching have only played three Austrian kicker NFL games in the 1970s and 1980s.
Those: APA
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Accessed on January 31, 2021 at 4:57 am on https://www.sn.at/sport/mixed/platzgummer-im-nfl-trainingskader-der-new-york-giants-92499436
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