The NFL is a weekday gig for ex-Duck

• Seattle practice player Jordan Kent watches from the sidelines in street clothes

By jason vondersmith

The Portland Tribune, Dec 31, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (2 Reader comments)

Jordan Kent has been working hard on the Seattle Seahawks’ practice squad. The receiver is confident he will be invited to training camp next year.

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Jordan Kent’s life always has been filled with competition – long jumps in track and field, fly patterns in football, in-your-face defense in basketball.

So, a year of just practicing with the Seattle Seahawks has been different.

Of course, getting paid is different, too.

Seattle has made the NFL playoffs again, and the former University of Oregon athlete has watched every game in street clothes as a member of the practice squad. His job is on weekdays, when he mimics one of the opposing team’s receivers, such as Larry Fitzgerald of Arizona or T.J. Houshmandzadeh of Cincinnati.

If the Seahawks do well against such receivers, Kent always can smile, knowing he might have helped.

Kent says his role on the scout team can be competitive, at times.

“When we’re ‘live’ we’re trying to beat our man,” he says. “We do 7-on-7 or team drills, and we try to go as hard as we can. I have a really good time with it; all the practice guys get along really well.

“Anytime you can go against a defense with four Pro Bowl starters, it’s a great opportunity.”

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