Editing Jon Kitna (section)

====1996 season====
{{see also|1996 Seattle Seahawks season}}
Believing that his football career was over after the NAIA championship, Kitna finished his math education degree at Central Washington and began applying for high-school coaching jobs.{{r|oneil20120519}} [[Seattle Seahawks]] head coach [[Dennis Erickson]] visited the campus to give a tryout for his nephew, Bryce Erickson, a receiver on the Central Washington team. Impressed by Kitna's strong passes, the Seahawks signed him as an [[undrafted free agent]] on April 25.

He was waived on August 19 and signed to the [[practice squad]] on August 26, where he remained for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seahawk Notebook -- Jon Kitna's Back, For NFL Tutelage|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960827&slug=2346130|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=August 27, 1996|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>