SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Round 1 (27): LB Jordyn Brooks, Texas Tech
Round 2 (48): EDGE Darrell Taylor, Tennessee
Round 3 (69): IOL Damien Lewis, LSU
Round 4 (133): TE Colby Parkinson, Stanford
Round 4 (144): RB DeeJay Dallas, Miami Fla.
Round 5 (148): Edge Alton Robinson, Syracuse
Round 6 (214): WR Freddie Swain, Florida
Round 7 (251): TE Stephen Sullivan, LSU

1st Round: After being unable to trade down in the first round, they took Brooks. It’s a puzzle, figuring out exactly why. The Athletic contends this was the biggest reach of the first round (he was taken 57 spots higher than his rank). It wasn’t much better on our board either, as he was our 64th-ranked prospect. From a run defense (91.5 run-defense grade in 2019) and tackling perspective, he is one of the best linebackers in the class. He’s not someone who is going to play all that well in space or make plays in coverage, though.

Balance Of The Draft: The Seahawks started out Day 2 with another somewhat unconventional pick, moving up to take Tennessee’s Taylor to line up on the edge. He really turned it on down the stretch of the 2019 season, earning an SEC-high 89.6 pass-rushing grade from Week 7 through the end of the year. Going forward to the NFL, Taylor projects as someone who will be a solid starter, but even though we’re higher on him than most, this was still a little early for him to come off the board, especially given the trade up to get him ... Lewis is a brick house on the interior. As the PFF Draft Guide points out, he holds 330 pounds with ease, and you see that in how he plays in the run game (82.3 run-blocking grade in 2019). At the NFL Combine, Lewis declared, “I enjoy slamming people on the ground.” That’s the kind of attitude Seattle is going to covet more than most. There are some inconsistencies in his technique as a pass-protector that need to be cleaned up, but he’s coming off back-to-back solid seasons of grading in the SEC and figures to be a starting guard in the NFL ... With the exception of the Robinson selection, Day 3 was all about adding players at the offensive skill positions for the Seahawks. Though they added two different tight ends to the roster, both project to win in different ways. Parkinson is the massive catch radius, red-zone threat who offers you little else, and Sullivan is the former wide receiver whose wingspan and speed could be well suited to threaten defenses down the seam. Between the two, they have combined for just over 450 inline snaps over the last three seasons. They’re not going to provide much in the way of a traditional tight end.  

Steal Of The Draft: Damien Lewis
Draft Grades: Playbook C+ 
ESPN: B... PFF: C-...  SI: B... Composite: B-

In closing we highly recommend you view the PFF Player Grades for each player in the 2020 NFL draft. PFF assigns a grade for every play to each player during a football game. Each grade is reviewed at least once, and usually multiple times, using every camera angle available, including All-22 coaches’ tape. You can view it here: PFF.Com/Grades