10 Seahawks Sleepers, Chosen by the Fans

The incredible underdog stories of Seahawks striving to make the roster who have been overlooked and underappreciated

The Seahawks could build an entire new offensive line from their backups, if we base it off of the players who you thought Seaside Joe underrated in the “every Seahawk ranked” series.

I’m not even going to make you wait for it:

LT Josh Jones

G Christian Haynes

C Federico Maranges

(G Mason Richman)

RT Amari Kight

I put Richman in parentheses because he didn’t win his poll, but he did well, as did Bryce Cabeldue and Olu Oluwatimi. Maybe Beau Stephens drew a tough bracket. Being a backup on the Seahawks right now is sort of like standing somewhere in the middle of this lineup.

It doesn’t mean you’re not a giant.

Every time I ranked a set of five players, I gave you a chance to tell me where I went wrong. Because Seaside Joe isn’t just another website where one person tells you everything you should believe; it’s a collaborative process. The collective knowledge of the community is more than I could know about the Seahawks in 100 lifetimes.

Here are 10 players you voted as being ranked too low and fittingly, many of them are literal giants.

NT Uso Seumalo

In part 1, Seumalo was the most popular Seahawk I had rated towards the bottom of the list. You’ll also be able to see from the checkmarks where I voted in each poll. I also picked Seumalo.

Perhaps the most interesting fact about Seumalo is that he started his college football career with almost no prior experience. Seumalo played just six games in high school, and he’s the first player in Molokai High’s history to get a Division-I college football scholarship. His high school coach Mike Kahale said that K-State basically gave him the nod after seeing him workout:

“I had several conversations with K-State’s DL coach Mike Tuiasosopo as he was recruiting Uso,” said Kahale. “He saw his potential on film and just needed to get him on campus to do a workout. Uso did not disappoint. They were really impressed with his footwork and athleticism and made him an offer.”

Now working with Seattle’s defensive staff, the 6’2, 330 lbs nose tackle with impressive movement skills could become the answer for Costco-sized football beef that the Seahawks have been looking for.

C Federico Maranges

Always bet on beefy trench players. The former undrafted free agent from Puerto Rico is the reason Seattle is even able to have 91 players on the 90-man roster. Maranges’ roster exemption because he’s in the International Pathway Program also makes him easier to stash on the practice squad; however, he could end up beating Oluwatimi for C2.

The NFL is just a pit stop for Maranges. After football, he plans to become an orthopedic surgeon.

DT Deven Eastern

It’ll be difficult for Eastern and Seumalo to both make the 53-man roster, and almost as hard for either of them to make it. Some of it will depend on the camp/preseason performances of Brandon Pili, Bubba Thomas, and JR Singleton. In part 2, Eastern took a narrow victory over four other players who were all fairly close together too.

Eastern chose to go to Minnesota over better football programs because it’s only 25 minutes from where he grew up, and that’s also why he stayed loyal to the Gophers instead of leaving in the transfer portal. “I was born and raised in Minnesota… representing the program allowed me to live out my dreams.” Had Eastern gone into the portal, he may have earned a better reputation and increased his draft stock. If Eastern is a steal, that could be part of the reason he fell.