(photo cred: hogshaven.com) The Redskins announced on Tuesday that they had signed veteran center, Brian De la Puente and placed C Kory Lichtensteiger on injured reserved (designated to return). De la Puente the veteran out of the University of California was signed to replace Lichtensteiger, who has been out with a neck injury for the past three games. Jay Gruden stated last week that Lichtensteiger is "just not quite there yet." Josh LeRibeus has been playing in Lictensteiger's place and has only missed one play last week against New England after suffering a laceration on his head. De La Puente has appeared in 56 regular season games and has played with the 49ers, the Chiefs, the Saints, and the Bears. He was signed in 2008, as an undrafted free agent, to the San Francisco 49ers by then GM Scot McCloughan, currently GM for the Redskins The Redskins also have Austin Reiter, a center out of South Florida, who was signed to their practice squad...
Source: Redskins Sign Veteran Center; Place Lictensteiger on IR
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