The NFL Draft has come and gone. Who on the current Seahawks roster could be on shaky ground following Seattle’s draft class?
The Seattle Seahawks made 11 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, tying a league high for largest class. Seattle kicked off its draft with North Dakota State offensive lineman Grey Zabel and wrapped it up by taking UNLV receiver and special teams ace Ricky White III.
With an influx of new talent coming in, this will create competition for roster spots and some established players could be on the way out. On this week’s episode of the HawksZone Rundown podcast with hosts Ryan MacMillan, Bryce Coutts, and yours truly, we discussed which Seahawks could be on the roster bubble. Here are a couple of names we suggested.
Bryce: “I think Anthony Bradford is firmly on that roster bubble now.”
“I think Mike Jerrell is actually on the roster bubble as well. With this group, I think [Sataoa] Laumea is going to get kicked back out to right tackle in this new run scheme because it fits him as a right tackle better than it did last year when he had to go into guard. But the other reason is he’s been working with Abe Lucas all offseason at right tackle kind of technique. I think there’s a good chance he’s going back to right tackle this year under this new staff.”
Mookie: “I think Dareke Young is as good as gone. One, he’s got two catches in three years. The idea of Dareke Young that we’ve seen in preseason has never matched the regular season reality of him never getting on the field without injuries or garbage time. I think that Ricky White pretty much replaces Dareke Young directly. Dareke is good on special teams but Ricky White was Mountain West Player of the Year.”
“You can keep [Kenny] McIntosh, you can keep [George] Holani but you can’t keep both. […] I don’t think it’s a lock for Seattle to roster four running backs and a fullback. As much as I like KennyMac and as much as Holani is intriguing, I think that Martinez’s inclusion could put McIntosh and Holani’s futures under threat. The only saving grace for McIntosh is that he does special teams and Martinez does not.”
With six offensive linemen drafted in the past two years (plus the addition to Jalen Sundell), it seems more likely than not that the Seahawks won’t be keeping all of them. I also made the case that Noah Fant, if it’s abundantly clear he’s not even the top tight end on the roster while being the highest paid, he could be a cap casualty or traded while they pivot to Elijah Arroyo and AJ Barner. Bryce added in Cody White and Brady Russell as others who could be on unsteady ground due to Seattle’s draft picks.
You can watch the full discussion starting at the 18:05 mark of the podcast. We also dive into our draft grades, UDFA signings, the Charles Cross fifth-year option, and answer viewer Q&As from the live stream.
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