The Seattle Seahawks had 11 draft picks in 2025, and assuming each will make the roster is likely foolish. Plus, would any NFL team want nearly 20 percent of its roster made up of rookies? Probably not.
While it might be easy to point out that relatively late draft choices are always going to have a difficult time making the team, that isn't always the case with the Seahawks. Fifth-round draft choices Richard Sherman, Riq Woolen, and Kam Chancellor proved to be franchise-altering. Running back Chris Carson was a seventh-round gem in 2017.
Had injuries not cut short Carson's career, he might have been one of the more productive running backs in Seahawks history.
2025 draft picks Mason Richman and Bryce Cabeldue might have a tough time making the Seahawks' roster
In other words, late-round choices can make a difference, but two late-round picks for the Seahawks in 2025 are unlikely to do that. The harshest of these might be seventh-round choice Mason Richman. The offensive lineman seems like good guy and would be a great voice of calm in the locker room.
He proved to be in college at Iowa, but the issue is that he joins an already crowded Seahawks offensive line group that didn't really need two late-round choices after Seattle took Grey Zabel in the first round of the draft. Perhaps if Seattle had doubled down and taken an offensive lineman in the second round, they'd have a good chance of making the team.
Not Richman, who many reputable sites making 53-man roster projections for Seattle this coming season have left off their predictions. That goes for the Seahawks' other late-round offensive line pick, Bryce Cabeldue. Both Cabeldue and Richman are predominantly interior offensive linemen with no place to call home.
To make matters worse, the most glaring hole Seattle has along its offensive line is at center and right guard, and neither Richman nor Cabeldue appears ready to step into those starting roles at any point in the near future, and likely never.
The hope for the Seahawks is that new offensive line coach John Benton can take the players that were already on Seattle's roster and mold them into effective right guards and centers. Left tackle is going to be played by Charles Cross, left guard by rookie Zabel, and right tackle by a healthy Abraham Lucas.
Center is going to likely be handled by Olu Oluwatimi or Jalen Sundell, while right guard will probably be a battle between Christian Haynes and Anthony Bradford. Sataoa Laumea got a start at right guard in 2024, too, but he wasn't good. He still has a better chance of making the team than Richman or Cabeldue.
The hope for both of the 2025 draft picks is probably at best holding on to the practice squad. There, they can improve their strength and technique and work their way onto the roster later. They are simply hamstrung by the glut of veteran offensive linemen already on the team.