Cordell Volson, former Bengals offensive lineman, signs with Seahawks

Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Cordell Volson was signed to the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad, the team announced.Volson reportedly tried out for the Dallas Cowboys in September.Volson was released by the Tennessee Titans in August.Volson was injured during training camp with the Bengals in 2025 and missed the entire season. He signed in March with the Titans after becoming a free agent after the season.Volson, who turned 28 in July, didn't miss a game during his first three seasons with the Bengals, starting 48 of the 50 games in which he played. He also played in three playoff games during Cincinnati's 2022 postseason.The Bengals selected Volson, a former North Dakota State standout, in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.What could Cordell Volson signing mean for Bengals' compensatory picks?"If Cordell Volson ends up logging enough snaps for the Seahawks, this could be a good test to learn whether snap count boosts apply for compensatory free agents across multiple teams after being cut," Over The Cap contributor Nick Korte tweeted.After Cincinnati backed out of a trade earlier this week with the Philadelphia Eagles for defensive end Arnold Ebiketie because of the potential for Cincinnati to lose a compensatory pick in the 2027 NFL Draft, ESPN NFL analyst Field Yates credited Korte, considered an expert on compensatory picks rules, with helping the Bengals twice in three years.If the Bengals had lost three compensatory free agents and signed two, with Volson not qualifying as of now, they could have lost a 2027 third-round compensatory pick (via Trey Hendrickson to Baltimore) if the Ebiketie trade had been executed.This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cordell Volson, former Bengals offensive lineman, signs with Seahawks