Seahawks roster cuts: Keeping track of who’s in and who’s out in Seattle

The Seattle Seahawks must get the roster from 90 players to 53 by the end of August. Here is an updated list of who’s out for Seattle.

NFL teams have three stages of roster cuts to make before Week 1 of the 2022 regular season. The first cuts have to be done by August 16th when rosters go from 90 to 85. The next set of cuts has to be done on August 23rd when rosters go from 85 to 80.

And the biggest bunch of releases is done on August 30th when final active rosters are set. Meaning teams’ rosters go from 80 to 53.

After August 30th, the Seahawks will have a frenzy of activity trying to sign players to their practice squads but maybe also picking up a veteran or two for the final active rosters while releasing a player or two to make room for the vet.

Seattle Seahawks roster cut tracker for 2022 season

The first set of releases (from 90 to 85), per NFL.com, included:

Wide receiver Deontez Alexander
Offensive guard Keenan Forbes
Offensive guard Eric Wilson
Defensive tackle Antonio Valentino
Cornerback Josh Valentine-Turner

Seattle cut from 85 to 80 on August 20th. This list involved one slight surprise. The entire list is:

Linebacker Iggy Iyiegbuniwe (he’s the bit of surprise as he seemed to be a fit on special teams)

Safety Bubba Bolden

Tight end Cade Brewer

Defensive tackle Matthew Gotel

Cornerback Elijah Jones

The last four above were all undrafted free agents.

Seahawks cuts down to 53

Seattle got down to its 53-man roster by releasing:

Receiver J.J. Arcega-Whiteside

Safety Marquise Blair

Tight end Cade Brewer

Cornerback Justin Coleman

Linebacker Joel Dublanko

Linebacker Aaron Donkor

Quarterback Jacob Eason

Offensive tackle Greg Eiland

Receiver Aaron Fuller

Offensive guard Shamarious Gilmore

Defensive tackle Jarrod Hewitt

Cornerback Jameson Houston

Receiver Cade Johnson

Linebacker Vi Jones

Receiver Kevin Kassis

Tight end Tyler Mabry

Receiver Bo Melton

Linebacker Tanner Muse (a likely practice squad candidate)

Safety Scott Nelson

Running back Ronnie Rivers

Offensive tackle Liam Ryan

Center Dakoda Shepley is being released, per ESPN’s Brady Henderson

Receiver Freddie Swain (solid in 2021, terrible in preseason)

Running back Darwin Thompson

Linebacker Lakiem Williams

Safety Deontai Wiliams

Of course, by far the hardest sets of cuts will happen with the last set when the Seahawks have to trim the roster by 27 players. There will likely be some surprises in that group. Seattle might also choose to go a player or two under 53 in hopes of acquiring a good player released by another team.

This 53-man roster is now set and Week 1 is just under two weeks to go.