What does this top-30 visit say about Seahawks interest in draft QBs?

Is John Rhys Plumlee the next Julian Edelman, the next Brock Purdy, or the next Holton Ahlers? Seaside Joe 1845

“Quarterback is just one thing I do. It’s not who I am.”

If only there was a quarterback prospect in this draft who has been working out with Patrick Mahomes’ personal coach, didn’t get invited to the combine, played in a college baseball game and a spring football scrimmage (on the same day), could end up as the fastest quarterback in the class when he tests at his pro day but barely threw 30 career touchdowns and also gets compared to Julian Edelman.

Oh wait, there’s John Rhys Plumlee.

A combination of Johnathan Rhys Myers and Chum Lee from “Pawn Stars”…

If I told you that Plumlee was a little bit like Russell Wilson, a little bit like Julian Edelman, and a little bit like Taysom Hill, I might unintentionally give you the impression that I think he’s going to be the steal of the 2024 draft. I don’t have enough confidence in Plumlee yet to say that (he has plenty of confidence of his own, as you’ll see) because he didn’t come across my desk at all until news came out this week that the Seattle Seahawks want him to make a top-30 visit.

I’m not going to call that strange, as teams just don’t only meet with first and second round prospects so visiting with arguably the 15th-ranked QB in the class is what all teams do sometimes, but it is notable. The Seahawks must have seen Plumlee at the East-West Shrine Game, where he won “practice player of the week” and had a strong showing in the game, and interest was officially piqued. With slim odds to pick a QB in the first round and only one pick on day two, of course John Schneider has to take a longer look at the prospects who will definitely be available late on day three. One such prospect I’ve already profiled is Devin Leary, but it is fair to say that Leary might end up going much sooner than expected because of his familiarity in a pro style offense at Kentucky with former Rams/current Bucs OC Liam Coen.

There must be fallback options besides just the “tier 3” prospects like Leary, Joe Milton, and Spencer Rattler. QBs truly on the cusp of “7th round/UDFA” grades. QBs like Plumlee.

I will also say that I rarely write about specific prospects in general, and about potential UDFAs even less often, but when I do they’ve managed to hit: Like when I had a hunch about Josh Onujiogu in 2022, an undrafted free agent signee about to entre his third offseason with Seattle. I had a similar feeling about Rice receiver Austin Trammell in 2021, now going into his fourth professional season and third with the Rams.

And the last time I thought the Seahawks might really like a certain type of quarterback prospect was 2022: The QB was Sam Howell, currently second on Seattle’s depth chart.