Seattle Seahawks are reaping benefits from the 2022 draft
Clint Prasky
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Rounds 2 and 3
Rounds 2 and 3 took place on the second day. Seattle owned picks 40, 41, 72.
With pick 40, they selected edge rusher Boye Mafe from Minnesota. Mafe has come on the past few games, taking snaps away from Darrell Taylor. With 18 tackles and 1 sack so far in 2022, he’s starting to shine in the Seahawks’ new 3-4 alignment.
Grade: B-. The next few weeks will be important to his development.
Back on the clock at 41st overall, the Seattle Seahawks chose running back Ken Walker III from Michigan State. He was the Doak Walker Award winner as best college back last season.
The pick puzzled many analysts because Rashaad Penny finally had a breakout during the back half of last year. What the “experts” didn’t understand was that Penny never played a full season of NFL football. Seattle needed a quality number two.
As per his usual, Penny is back on injured reserve this year. KW3 replaced him during Game 5 at New Orleans and announced his presence with a 69-yard touchdown run.
Last week Walker made his first NFL start picking up 110 yards from scrimmage (97 run, 13 pass) and 1 TD. It’s safe to say that Schneider and Carroll were right to snag this Walker when and where they did. Look for him to rack up some major yards over the rest of the season.
Grade: B+ and climbing.
KENNETH WALKER III WITH AUTHORITY!!! TOUCHDOWN SEATTLE!!!
🐦 🔵🟢#AZvsSEA#BirdCityFootball #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/zYxRlhx8Iy— Sportskeeda Pro Football (@SKProFootball) October 16, 2022
The Seattle Seahawks took a local kid, Abraham Lucas, with their third-round pick (70th overall). Early in training camp, the Everett, Washington native, via Washington State, beat out Jack Curhan and Stone Forsythe to become the starting right tackle.
Lucas has done an admirable job in pass blocking. Because of the offensive system he came from, there were similar concerns about his run blocking as with Cross. But he’s been better than advertised.
So by Round 3, Schneider and Carroll found their bookend tackles. Good Work.
Grade: A.
This first play of the game didn’t net any yardage on ground for #Seahawks, but watch #72 Abe Lucas. He cooks up a pancake right out of the gate. Such a fluid athlete working outside to next level and he’s a finisher. pic.twitter.com/vG7uDjALQy
— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) September 14, 2022