[Streck-Fu]

Cut to make room for a QB.... Sad to hear as he worked his ass off to get there.

RENTON, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks have released rookie Nate Boyer, a 34-year-old former U.S. Army Green Beret who was trying to make the team as a long-snapper.

Boyer confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that he has been released, a move that was first reported by Fox Sports. The Seahawks needed a roster spot to sign quarterback Jake Waters since backup Tarvaris Jackson is likely out for at least the next two weeks with a high ankle sprain.

The Seahawks later confirmed the moves Tuesday.

Boyer made his NFL debut Friday, handling long-snapping duties in the second half of the Seahawks' preseason opener. He was credited with a tackle.

He led the team onto the field Friday, carrying an American flag.

"That was cool," he said, according to the team's website. "I was actually pretty emotional, just because I always think about my buddies who I fought with, or the ones who are overseas right now. And usually in college you don't stay out there for the national anthem, so that got to me too. That whole thing. But just knowing how many of those guys were watching, it's really special. It was neat."

Boyer served in Iraq and Afghanistan before joining the University of Texas football team and then signed with Seattle in May after going undrafted. At the time, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider said the team could benefit from Boyer's presence, even if he was a long shot to unseat Clint Gresham as Seattle's long-snapper.

"He's just a phenomenal person, and he's a competitor, and he's tough and he represents a lot of really, really cool things that, quite frankly, I think would be really good for a lot of us to be around," Schneider said. "And he runs down and covers kicks, and he's really made himself into a legitimate snapper at Texas."