One former Cardinal football player moved onto an NFL roster while another was waived from a roster on Tuesday as the San Diego Chargers signed defensive end/linebacker Thomas Keiser off of their practice squad and the San Francisco 49ers waived fullback Owen Marecic.

Keiser, who played linebacker and defensive end for the Cardinal between 2007 and 2010 before declaring for the 2011 NFL Draft, will take the place of former All-American Dwight Freeney on the Chargers’ roster.

Marecic was waived by the 49ers after just two weeks with the team—weeks in which he did not see the field after being signed by the front office of his former head coach Jim Harbaugh. During his time with the Cardinal, Marecic played on both sides of the ball as both a linebacker and a fullback and even finished in 10th place in Heisman Trophy voting as a senior in 2010 before declaring for the 2011 NFL Draft.

Contact Do-Hyoung Park at dpark027 ‘at’ stanford.edu.