Bills re-sign Urbik, Rhinehart
By: John Kucko
Updated: April 24, 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY - The Buffalo Bills today announced
that G Kraig Urbik (pronounced ER-bick) and G Chad Rinehart accepted their
tenders and signed their contracts. In accordance with team policy, terms of
the deals were not disclosed.
Urbik started all 13 games played in 2011 for Buffalo,
including five at center. The 6-5, 324-pound Wisconsin product joined Buffalo
off of waivers from Pittsburgh on September 5, 2010. He was a third-round
(79th overall) draft choice of
the Steelers in 2009.
Rinehart appeared in each of Buffalo's 16 games in 2011,
making 12 starts. The 6-5, 321-pound Northern Iowa product entered the NFL as a
third-round (96th overall) draft choice of
Washington in 2008. Rinehart was signed to the Bills' practice squad on October
18, 2010 before being promoted to the 53-man roster on December
7th.
