Countdown to 2020: Best Seattle Seahawks player to wear No. 28
By Lee Vowell
Who is the best player to ever wear number 28 for the Seattle Seahawks?
The Seattle Seahawks have been an NFL franchise since 1976. In that time, Seattle has made the playoffs about 42 percent of the time, made three Super Bowls and won one of them. 12s could be less fortunate and pull for a lesser franchise, like the Jets for instance.
There are just 28 days until the Seattle Seahawks begin their 2020 season, though. This is a very good thing as Seattle should be a pretty good team this year. In honor of the number 28, we give you, dear 12, the best player to ever wear that number for the Seattle Seahawks: Curt Warner.
To be fair, the difference between Warner and the next-best number 28 is pretty great. Warner is the third-leading rusher in Seahawks history and at the time he stopped playing for Seattle he was first on the list. He played seven seasons in Seattle and was the third overall choice in the 1983 NFL Draft.
Seattle, under coach Chuck Knox, wanted to remake their offense into one that could run the ball and overwhelm defenses. Knox thought Warner could do that and in Warner’s rookie season, he did.
Warner rushed for 1,449 yards and 13 touchdowns on 335 carries. But then in his second season, he got hurt. Warner wasn’t the same kind of player he was in his rookie year again until 1986, his fourth year when he rushed for 1,481 yards, 13 more touchdowns and 4.6 yards a carry.
Warner still ranks third on the Seattle Seahawks all-time list as far as rushing touchdowns with 55. He is fifth in rushing yards per game with 75.6 but is first among running backs with 36 fumbles.
Warner made three Pro Bowls with the Seahawks. His last year in Seattle was 1989 and he played just one more season in the NFL after that with the Rams.
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Honorable mention
After Warner, the next best player to wear number 28 for the Seattle Seahawks was defensive back/linebacker Michael Boulware. Boulware played just three seasons with the Seahawks between 2004 and 2006 but did have 11 interceptions in those years, one of which he returned for a touchdown.