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Platzgummer in the training squad of the New York Giants

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 21: Saquon Barkley #26, Sandro Platzgummer #34, and Elijhaa Penny #39 of the New York Giants switch drills during training camp at NY Giants Quest Diagnostics Training Center on August 21, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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.

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 initial 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.

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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.


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