Seahawks UDFA tracker: Who Seattle is scooping up post-2022 NFL draft

Early in the 2010s, the Seahawks found several UDFAs who ended up being impact players for years. Here is who Seattle is signing post-2022 NFL draft.

In case you don’t remember, Doug Baldwin was a UDFA (undrafted free agent). So was Michael Bennett, even though Seattle wasn’t the first team to sign him. In Seahawks history, some notable UDFAs are Jim Zorn, Dave Krieg, Eugene Robinson and Jermaine Kearse.

UDFAs can make the difference between a good team and a great one. Plus, now that practice squads are bigger, more UDFAs have a chance to make a splash if they can make the active roster.

This year, NFL teams can spend a total of $167,944 to sign UDFAs so having that small amount of money, the decisions need to be on point.

UDFAs reportedly going to the Seahawks in 2022

Seattle Seahawks 2022 UDFA tracker

Virginia safety Joey Blount – Blount dealt with injuries quite a bit in college but is ultra-aggressive and might be great on special teams.

Miami safety Bubba Bolden – Bolden has good size (6’2″ and 210 pounds) but isn’t overly physical for his size either.

West Florida receiver Rodney Coates – Coates is a receiver with decent size but not overly fast. Maybe a year of being on the practice squad will help him.

Georgia State guard Shamarious Gilmore – Gilmore is big and strong but needs work on his technique.

West Florida defensive lineman Matthew Gotel – Like Gilmore, Gotel has the size to play in the NFL, just not the technique yet.

North Carolina State linebacker Vi Jones – Jones is a bit small for a linebacker and doesn’t have great speed.

Louisana-Lafayette quarterback  Levi Lewis – Lewis is small for a QB at 5’10” and Seattle knows how short quarterbacks go. That is, they are great for 10 years but after that you just got to let them go.

Florida Atlantic receiver John Mitchell – Mitchell is huge at 6’4″ and 230 pounds. He’s also smart as his major at FAU was MS Biomedical Science. But he isn’t fast.

Wisconsin safety Scott Nelson – Nelson tore his ACL nut in his pro day this offseason he ran a 4.38 40.

Framingham State defensive end Josh Onujiogu – Onujiogu had 13.5 sacks in 11 games for FSU in 2021 but his team lost to Muhlenberg 45-0 at the end of the season.

Auburn receiver Demetris Robertson – Robertson has had an issue with drops and doesn’t create separation. He is still fast, though.

Florida International cornerback Joshua Valentine-Turner – The Seahawks went after players who went to college in Florida hard as UDFAs. JVT is a physical and smart player but can’t cover well deep.

Nebraska safety Deontai Williams – Williams would be great in run support but isn’t good in coverage and Seattle already has a starting safety like that.