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How He Fits With The Seahawks: 4th Round Pick Mark Glowinski

By Dan Viens

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After two picks on Friday equal parts controversial and flashy, the Seahawks focused on meat and potatoes in the 4th round, grabbing two interior offensive linemen in the span of 4 picks. With pick #134 they selected Mark Glowinski. Let’s take a look at the versatile lineman from West Virginia.

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MEASUREABLES:

Glowinski is 6’4″ and 307 lbs with 33 1/8″ arms.  His best 40 time is 5.1 seconds and he had a 31 inch vertical jump. He was a JUCO Tackle who settled in at RG for the Mounaineers after transferring.   He was the #4 rated SPARQ OL. He turns 23 tomorrow.

SCOUTING REPORT:

On the list of things you want to hear about an O-Lineman, “Glow” checks a lot of boxes.  He’s known as one of the more athletic OL in the draft, and his nfl.com profile says “coaches rave about his competitiveness and toughness.”

Watch his tape and you will often see him 30 yards downfield alongside his RB looking for another player to block. His biggest weakness seems to be that he sometimes gets too high, but that may be attributed to his background as a tackle.  Think of him as J.R. Sweezy but much further ahead in the learning curve as Sweeze had to learn the position from scratch as a DL convert.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING:

Glowinski first jumped on my radar a few weeks ago when I saw some scouting reports touting him as a late rounder who could end up being a long-term starting Guard in the NFL.  Then the Seahawks had him in for a VMAC visit and I dug a little deeper.  I found enough to like to include him in my first mock draft as a 7th rounder with future starter potential. 

Here’s a sampling of what they were saying on Twitter right after the pick.  The response is overwhelmingly positive from those in the know, and one notable former college teammate.

HOW HE FITS:

Glowinski immediately jumps into the competition at LG and C.  Yes, I said Center.  In his conference call right after his selection, Glowinski mentioned that the Seahawks are going to give him a shot to play over the ball.  And while he never played it in a game before, he says he spent a lot of time practicing at Center with WV, so it’s not completely foreign to him.

Sounds to me like the ideal plan would be to make a Center out of Glowinski, and convert fellow 4th-rounder Terry Poole to Guard.  Maybe the Seahawks sign veteran Chris Myers to tutor him and Patrick Lewis, or maybe the Hawks like Lewis enough to trust him until Glow is ready, but this could be the long-term answer at Center for Seattle.

SUMMING IT UP:

This is my favorite pick in the draft for the Seahawks so far, and not just because I had him in my first mock draft. He’s a versatile player who’s work ethic and tenacity is exactly what’s needed in front of Russell Wilson.  If he doesn’t work out as a Center, he could give Seattle the flexibility to let Sweezy walk when his contract is up after the 2015 season.

And then there’s this………..

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