The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks do have the roster infrastructure in place to win another one, and that would go a long way for players in this exercise. As training camps get ramped up across the NFL, we decided to take a long-term look at this roster.
While making the Hall of Fame is nearly impossible, there is a non-zero chance that current Seahawks players will get in one day, and we decided to rank those five players here. We aren't making any sort of declaration with these rankings, but this group does appear to have a chance, even if it's a small one.
So, let's rank the players, in order, by how likely they are to one day make the Hall of Fame.
Could current Seattle Seahawks players one day make the Hall of Fame?
5. Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold is now a two-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion. Accomplishing all of that over the past two seasons, Darnold's late bloom could not have come at the right time, and while a potential Hall of Fame career would take sustained success into his 30s, already having that Super Bowl notch is huge.
He suddenly also has a winning record as a starter, which is another notch that helps. According to Pro Football Reference's data, the average Hall of Fame quarterback has seven Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pros, 41,275 passing yards, and 282 passing touchdowns.
Darnold is nearly halfway there, as he has 20,431 passing yards and 123 passing touchdowns. Over his last two seasons, he's averaging 4,184 yards and 30 touchdowns per season. He'd need another five years of that passing yard average and a hair over five years of that passing touchdown average to hit those Hall of Fame averages.
So, if Darnold can keep up this current pace of play for another five-ish years, he would absolutely have a chance.
4. Leonard Williams
Leonard Williams is an awesome player. He's now a Super Bowl champion and has made the Pro Bowl in each of the last two seasons. While Williams has played the best football of his career for Seattle, it might be too little, too late.
However, what if Williams... simply... keeps this up? He's gotten better with age, so I don't see why he can't again enjoy another prolific season, especially in Mike Macdonald's defense.
The average defensive tackle in the Hall of Fame has made seven Pro Bowls and has 92 career sacks. That would be a tough lift for Williams, but it's not impossible.
3. DeMarcus Lawrence
DeMarcus Lawrence has had a similar career to Williams. Lawrence does have five Pro Bowls, but he is a bit older, just turning 34 back in April. The average Hall of Fame defensive end has made seven Pro Bowls and has 128 career sacks as well, and Lawrence has had just two career seasons with double-digit sacks.
With that being said, Lawrence, like Williams, played close to the best football of his career with Seattle in 2025, so another couple of Pro Bowls and a potential second Super Bowl would make it hard to keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
2. Cooper Kupp
What Cooper Kupp has going for him is having one of the best all-time receiving seasons and two Super Bowl championships. His yardage total isn't spectacular for a future Hall of Fame bid, but if he hits that 10,000-yard mark while lumping together his other accomplishments, you could make the case for it.
Kupp has one Pro Bowl and one first-team All-Pro, but he also does have an Offensive Player of the Year award. He may have enough individually to get into the Hall, but, again, the yardage total is something that surely needs to increase.
1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba
With how much Jaxon Smith-Njigba has accomplished, his chances feel the greatest. Only entering his age-24 season in 2026, Smith-Njigba already has two Pro Bowls, an All-Pro, a Super Bowl title, and an Offensive Player of the Year.
And his prime might be only just beginning, too.
His future Hall of Fame case actually feels rather simple - continue to rack up a ton of yards, make some more Pro Bowls and All-Pros, and finish the career with a plethora of yards and individual accomplishments.
The average Hall of Fame wide receiver has six Pro Bowls, two All-Pros, and 11,438 yards. Smith-Njigba has made the Pro Bowl in 67 percent of his NFL seasons thus far, so that would put him on a pace to make six Pro Bowls during season nine, but given how prolific he has been since 2024, that could come earlier.
And since the start of 2024, he's averaged 1,462 yards per season. On this current pace, he'd hit the average yardage mark during his sixth season, keeping that pace up, which would be his age-29 campaign in the league.
Given his youth and insane accomplishments thus far, Smith-Njigba would be the most likely Seahawks player to one day make the Hall of Fame.
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