Doug Baldwin had an excellent career with Stanford, but it did not result in a draft pick in 2011. The Seattle Seahawks signed him, and Baldwin made the team, which would be the only franchise he would play for in the National Football League.
Playing his entire career with the Seattle Seahawks, Jeff Bryant came with high expectations as the sixth overall pick from Clemson in 1982.
K.J. Wright was a Fourth Round pick from Mississippi State in 2011 and the team that drfated him, the Seattle Seahawks, landed huge value with their selection.
Michael Sinclair had a plodding start in the National Football League, as the sixth rounder from Eastern New Mexico did not see any action as a rookie in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, he would play on pass-rush situations, but by 1995, he was playing in all defensive situations.
An All-Rookie after being taken in the Second Round in 1988, Brian Blades would play his entire career with the Seattle Seahawks.
Chris Warren was a beast at small Division III Ferrum College, but he could do the same at the NFL level? The Seattle Seahawks thought they would take a shot with him with their Fourth Round pick in 1990.
You could argue that Dave Brown went from ecstasy to agony, as he was a rookie in Pittsburgh, winning the Super Bowl in 1975. That was one way to look at it, but the other was that he went from backup to starting Free Safety when he was taken in the Expansion Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
Eugene Robinson went undrafted out of Colgate in 1985, but he was signed by the Seattle Seahawks, where he made the team.
John Williams was a star Fullback at the University of Florida, and he did well on the pro ranks when he was taken with Seattle’s First Round (15th Overall) Pick in the 1986 Draft.
When you go undrafted, you don’t expect that you will be the most tenured player in any NFL team, but that is what Joe Nash accomplished with the Seattle Seahawks.
You don’t expect an NFL career from an undrafted Quarterback from Milton, but Dave Krieg had other ideas.
Shaun Alexander was a star at the University of Alabama, and the Seattle Seahawks were able to secure him with their first round pick in the 2000 Draft.
A star player with UCLA, Kenny Easley was the fourth overall pick by the Seattle Seahawks in 1981.
A superstar at Texas where he was an All-American, Earl Thomas was the 14th pick of the 2010 Draft.
As the Seattle Seahawk Defensive Back corps grew into prominence in the 2010s, the face of the group was Richard Sherman, their starting Left Corner.
Playing all but his last two Games of his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks, Jacob Green arrived in Seattle as the 10th overall pick in 1980.
A two-time National Champion and All-American at the University of Miami, Cortez Kennedy was an All-Rookie in a career spent entirely with the Seattle Seahawks.
Bobby Wagner arrived in Seattle a round ahead of Quarterback, Russell Wilson, and both of them can take a lot of credit for taking the Seahawks to the promised land.
Russell Wilson was the 2008 ACC Rookie of the Year, and four years later, he was the NFL Rookie of the Year with the Seahawks, who had drafted him in the Third Round that year.
An absolute beast at Florida State, Walter Jones was chosen by the Seahawks with the 6th overall pick in the 1997 Draft.