Former Auburn tight end Sal Cannella has signed with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

Cannella played for the XFL champion Arlington Renegades earlier this year, and the XFL announced Cannella’s signing on Monday before the Seahawks. The league has had 64 of its players sign with NFL teams since the XFL season ended in May.

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Cannella finished sixth in the XFL with 42 receptions during the regular season. He caught six passes for 89 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown reception in the league championship game, in Arlington’s two playoff victories.

Cannella’s 42 receptions and 415 receiving yards ranked second among XFL tight ends this season.

Cannella was the All-USFL tight end for the 2022 season, when he caught 34 passes for 368 yards and two touchdowns for the New Orleans Breakers in 10 regular-season games. In the Breakers’ 31-17 loss to the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL semifinals on June 25, 2022, Cannella had 12 receptions for 154 yards.

Cannella received a tryout invitation from the Green Bay Packers after that performance and earned a contract with the NFL team, although he was waived at the end of the 2022 preseason.

Cannella played at Auburn from 2017 through 2019 as a junior-college transfer. He caught 25 passes for 330 yards and five touchdowns for the Tigers.

Cannella was not drafted after his Auburn career. In 2020 and 2021, he played in the Spring League, and he was in the Miami Dolphins’ NFL training camp in 2021, too.

Cannella joins a well-stocked position group with the Seahawks. Last season, tight ends Noah Fant had 50 receptions for 486 yards and four touchdowns, Will Dissly 34 receptions for 349 yards and three touchdowns and Colby Parkinson 25 receptions for 322 yards and two touchdowns for the Seattle.

The Seahawks will complete their preseason schedule by visiting the Green Bay Packers at noon CDT Saturday.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.