Seahawks April Fooled: 5 biggest busts in Seattle draft history

4. Brian Bosworth, 1987

This is an odd one, too, in a way. Brian Bosworth wasn’t terrible when he played, but the problem is he couldn’t play enough due to injuries and when he did play he never met the expectations that were thrust upon him.

Everyone remembers how Bosworth got ran over by Bo Jackson at the end zone, of course, but Bo Jackson is a physical freak who would run over anyone. But Bosworth couldn’t make too many good memories because of all the time he missed.

In three seasons, Bosworth played just 24 games. His rookie season of 1987 was his best year. He had 4 sacks (sadly that number would have led the Seahawks of 2019), was named to the Pro Football Writers Associate All-Rookie Team and was the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for week 15.

As I said, Bosworth wasn’t terrible. The Seahawks took him in the supplemental draft and that took the place of the 20th pick in the first round they would have had that season. Bosworth was great in college at Oklahoma, so taking him in the supplemental draft was an easy decision.

However, it turns out Seattle could have taken linebackers Chris Spielman or Ken Norton, Jr. if they had stayed with their number 20 pick. Norton, Jr., of course, is the Seahawks current defensive coordinator and had a good NFL career.