Don't be surprised if Seahawks go "best player available" at No. 32
The 2026 NFL draft starts three weeks from today, but who the Seattle Seahawks will target in the draft is as up-in-the-air as it’s ever been. The team’s needs are relatively mild coming off their Super Bowl LX win. They only hold four picks total, but they get to choose the best player available without worrying as much as the majority of other teams about plugging holes in certain positions.
There are definite vacancies to fill. Free agency saw them lose four key starters- running back Kenneth Walker, cornerback Tariq Woolen, safety Coby Bryant, and edge Boye Mafe. Almost every single mock draft you see will replace one of these four positions in the first round.
Seahawks. com put out an article this morning showing the plethora of options John Schneider and the team’s brass have from a roster construction standpoint. They include nine different analysts’ opinions on who the Seahawks should take at No.
32. Seven of the nine have them taking a cornerback- four for Clemson’s Avieon Terrell, two for Tennessee’s Colton Hood, and one for South Carolina’s Brandon Cisse. Pete Prisco has them taking Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman, and Josh Edwards has them taking Clemson edge T.
J. Parker. But not everything needs to be an eye for an eye.