How many Seahawks have there been recently?
And how many more will be added to the list next year?
In watching this highlight reel of the best Seahawks offensive plays from 2020 to 2025, I was struck by the amount of personnel turnover that a typical NFL team goes through year-to-year, even including a relatively successful franchise like Seattle.
Touchdown runs by Carlos Hyde and Rashaad Penny. Touchdown catches for Marquise Goodwin and Dareke Young. Callbacks that I didn’t know needed calling back until I clicked the video.
For a franchise as stable as the Seahawks, going through four starting quarterbacks in a five-year span, three of whom had signed pretty large contracts, fans might be surprised by how many different players have actually taken snaps for Seattle in the last six years.
So let’s do a quiz. I’ll post the answers at the bottom—try your hand at a GUESS FIRST before you scroll down.
For context: The Seahawks have played 101 games since 2020 and I’m not including the playoffs. These are players with at least one career (X) in the regular season since 2020.
Running Backs with 1+ carry
Wide Receivers with 1+ catch
TEs with 1+ catch
Offensive Linemen with at least 1 snap
How many answers do you think you got right?
How much will these numbers go up in 2026?
Which positions are likely to experience the most turnover between now and the end of the 2027 season?
Answers:
How many RBs had at least one carry for the Seahawks between 2020-2025?
18
Seattle’s duo of Walker and Charbonnet are far and away the leaders (Walker has almost twice as many as Charbonnet and Charbonnet has over twice as many as third place), but 16 other running backs or fullbacks had at least two carries for the Seahawks since 2020.
You might remember those names, but did you remember:
Adrian Peterson, 11 carries
Tony Jones, 8 carries
Bo Scarbrough, 6 carries
Myles Gaskin, 3 carries
Seattle also had Godwin Igwebuike, Nick Bellore (the fullback in question), and current backups Velus Jones and Jacardia Wright.
2026: Jadarian Price
By all accounts, Price will be the lead back in 2026 and that means he’ll become number 19 on this list and potentially in one year could pass Chris Carson for third—even though Price hasn’t had 200 carries in a season since high school.
Another new player, free agent Emanuel Wilson, is probable to become RB20 on this list.
How many WIDE RECEIVERS caught at least one pass since 2025?
19
Three receivers have amassed 1,047 of Seattle’s total number of catches by wideouts in the past six years and I didn’t do a full count but that looks like it’s easily over 90% of the total. It’s such a dominating lead that Cooper Kupp is already fourth and Freddie Swain is fifth.
So despite that number being 19 there are 16 receivers who have done relatively little catching with Seattle, which is doubly interesting given that DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett are gone. And Kupp couldn’t have much more runway left. Is Tory Horton going to catch him this year?
I don’t see this list changing much in 2026, if at all. Rookie Emmanuel Henderson has the best chance, but the Seahawks are already going to have a hard time hitting up WR4 and WR5 as it is, which looks to be Jake Bobo and Horton.
At most, it would be a Cade Johnson or Cody Thompson or Cody White situation, three receivers on this list who nobody could blame you if you thought they were all one person.
How many TEs have caught a pass since 2020?
11
The biggest shocker on any of these lists for me? Greg Olsen played for the Seahawks in 2020.
The Seahawks added Harrison Bryant last week, a tight end with a shot to make the roster but not a guarantee. Nick Kallerup made the roster last year and played 130 offensive snaps but caught 0 of 1 target.
How many OL have at least one snap with Seahawks since 2020?
36
Three of the top-four are current Seattle starters:
Charles Cross, 3,846 snaps
Abe Lucas, 2,721 snaps
Anthony Bradford, 2,277 snaps
Damien Lewis is still second at 3,600 snaps played between 2020 and 2023. These are the players currently on the team:
What if I told you that Jason Peters (217 snaps) has more snaps than Christian Haynes?
If all goes to plan, this list of 36 players probably won’t grow next season with the possible exception of Beau Stephens. But in the NFL, teams always have to plan for the possibility of midseason offensive line pickups although that’s never a good sign.
I watched this highlight video of Grey Zabel the other day, then watched it again but focused on Anthony Bradford. Say what you want about his whiffs, the guy does have the ability to put butts on the ground when he’s on target. I expect Bradford to make a lot as a free agent in 2027.
I only got 2 of the 4 surveys correct, but I want extra credit because of my process. (MM is grading) I don’t do X, but I have heard Kay Adams has taken heat for thinking Seattle is the top dog going into the fray this season. She mentioned to consistency on the roster from last year as her reason. I thought that was a very good reason, but I’m not surprised at the turd for brains experts who lambast her take.
I agree with you about Bradford to a point. He is a good RG. He even had two stellar plays in the Super Bowl by my eyes after watching it many times. But I will say he is the weakest link on the O-line for two reasons.
One, his inconsistent play. For every stellar plays there’s at least one “yikes” play. Putting a guy on his ass is awesome, but just getting in a defender’s way enough to take him out of the play is just as effective. Consistency might be more valuable than the occasional “oh wow!” Play.
Two, he’s not a good fit for the scheme they want to play. He doesn’t move well laterally and doesn’t make the reach blocks as well in the wide zone run game. He’s slow getting to the second level and he trails badly getting downfield on potential breakaway runs/screens. I have had people tell me he’s athletic and fast. But that is just not so on the field. Okay, he ran a 5.08 40 yard race. Poor Sundell ran a 5.2. But play after play Sundell looks like a gazelle and Bradford looks like a hippo. JS and MM are always mentioning the GPS chip players wear in games and the data they get from that. Football speed is not the same as track speed. Bradford plays slower than Zabel or Sundell. I’m not sure yet, but if Cabeldue or Stephens play faster, and Stephens looked quick in the wide zone game in college, the O-line will get better if they beat Bradford for the job. All that being said, Bradford played well enough to win us the Super Bowl, and could be even better this year. I’m just saying if someone else can win the job and is more agile and quicker for the scheme we play, the O-line will be better still.
Zero. Before I get the blindfold, know I was only off by 1 all through. Okay, by 2 on one. So shoot me.