The Best Tight Ends in Seattle Seahawks History

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Since being established as an NFL franchise and beginning play in the 1976 season, the Seattle Seahawks have had a boat load of talented players at every position.

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Despite only having three Hall-of-Fame players in their history, WR Steve Largent, DL Cortez Kennedy and LT Walter Jones, Seattle’s current roster lends hope to a lot more being inducted when their careers are over.

In a league that is utilizing the tight end more prominently over the past decade or so, it’s interesting to see that the group of tight end’s that the Seahawks have had is one of the weakest of any position.

There are some familiar names on the list of but it’s not difficult to see why the expectations for Jimmy Graham are so high since coming over in a trade last week.

In 38 seasons of play, consisting of 608 games – Seahawks tight ends have only accounted for 107 touchdowns. Compare that to Graham’s first 50 career starts in the NFL. The 6-foot-7 receiver has managed to find the end zone for 51 TD’s, scoring nearly half as many TD’s in 1/6th of the games.

With Graham and Luke Willson as Seattle’s primary tight ends for the foreseeable future, and Russell Wilson throwing them the rock, it appears that both have a great chance to entrench themselves as two of the best to play the position for the Seattle Seahawks.

Now, let’s take a look at some of the best that came before them.

Mike Tice (1981-1991)

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Yes, that Mike Tice.

Before he was known as a coach in the NFL, serving as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings in a brief stint, Tice spent ten seasons with the Seattle Seahawks.

110 games in ten seasons and 92 receptions totaling 766 yards and nine touchdowns is good enough to earn a spot on the list.

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