Sunday Pete Carroll introduced that the working again place of the Seattle Seahawks was battling accidents, with each 2022 second spherical decide Ken Walker and 2023 second spherical decide Zach Charbonnet coping with accidents. Precisely how lengthy Walker’s groin and Charbonnet’s shoulder will hold them out of motion stays unknown, so on Monday the Hawks made the logical transfer to deal with the place by including a rookie working again.
SaRodorick Thompson performed his faculty ball at Texas Tech, the place over a 5 yr profession he amassed 2,664 speeding yards on 540 carries (4.9 yards per try), whereas discovering the top zone 40 instances as a runner. After his time at Texas Tech, the 5’11”, 207 pounder performed within the Senior Bowl, the place he carried the ball 5 time for 35 yards. Maybe most notably, main as much as the draft his strengths in response to NFL Analyst Lance Zierlein included, “Prepared to face in and sq. up blitzers,” a talent that many working backs lack popping out of faculty.
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After not being chosen within the 2023 NFL Draft Thompson signed with the New Orleans Saints, however was waived simply weeks later in the midst of June. Thompson provides Seahawks followers one other coaching camp addition on the place to root for, alongside the strains of Troymaine Pope, and with the preseason opener towards the Minnesota Vikings little greater than every week away, it’s doubtless followers will get to see Thompson in motion on the sphere.
Along with signing Thompson, the Hawks introduced that they’ve additionally waived security Mo Osling and linebacker Cam Shiny, each of whom have been undrafted free brokers signed by the workforce in Might.
