Cardinals Sign K Matthew McCrane To Practice Squad

September 16, 2021

The Cardinals announced they have signed K Matthew McCrane to the practice squad.

We have signed K Matt McCrane to the practice squad.

— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 16, 2021

Arizona’s practice squad now includes:

WR Andre Baccellia
DB Chris Banjo
WR Greg Dortch
G Sean Harlow
G Koda Martin
TE Bernhard Seikovits (International)
TE Ross Travis
DB Jace Whittaker
DB James Wiggins
DE Ron’Dell Carter
WR Josh Doctson
DB Rasul Douglas
DB Antonio Hamilton
DT Jeremiah Ledbetter
DE Jonathan Ledbetter
T Eric Smith
K Matthew McCrane

McCrane, 27, wound up signing on with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State. He signed a three-year, $1.71 million contract with the Cardinals and was set to make a base salary of $485,000 for the 2018 season when he was waived coming out of the preseason.

He later signed with the Raiders and was promoted to the active roster before being waived. McCrane was brought back by the Cardinals’ practice squad and made their active roster before he was waived and signed by the Steelers.

After being released by Pittsburgh, McCrane had a brief stint in the XFL with the New York Guardians. He spent the 2020 season on the Browns practice squad as the backup and emergency kicker.

The Browns signed McCrane to a futures contract for the 2021 season but ended up cutting him in May.

In 2018, McCrane appeared in five games for the Raiders, Cardinals, and Steelers. He made 8 of his 12 field goal attempts (66.7 percent) and converted all nine of his extra point attempts.