Rugby Beast Quake: Marshawn Lynch, Marcus Peters Join Seawolves Ownership Group
The Seattle Seawolves and New England Free Jacks before a match on March 8, 2025. The Seawolves recently announced the addition of Marshawn Lynch and Marcus Peters to their ownership group. Credit: Punkus Arnett/Seattle Seawolves.
SEATTLE, Wash. – The Seattle Seawolves announced on April 17, 2025 that two Oakland-born Seattle sports legends – former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch and former Washington Huskies quarterback Marcus Peters – have joined the Seawolves ownership group.
The addition of Peters and Lynch is a massive boon both for a league that is looking to cement itself in the American athletic scene and for a team that is staking its place among the pantheon of Seattle sports.
Peters – who will be present on Friday’s match against the Chicago Hounds – played cornerback for the Washington Huskies in the 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons, recording 11 interceptions and 129 tackles over 34 games played. He then went on to have an eight-year NFL career for the Chiefs, Rams, Ravens, and Raiders, where he made 33 interceptions and 389 tackles over 116 games.
Few Seattle sports stars are more well-known than Marshawn Lynch. Beast Mode had a 12-year NFL career, seven of those seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. He spent his prime years with Seattle, and he – along with the Legion of Boom – brought the Emerald City a trophy in Super Bowl XLVIII.
This is not the first ownership venture the two have shared, as both also have a stake in Atlanta’s FCF Beasts, a professional indoor football franchise. Lynch is also a part-owner of another indoor football team, the Indoor Football League’s Oakland Panthers. Outside of football, Lynch is a part owner of USL Championship’s Oakland Roots SC as well as the Seattle Kraken of the NHL.
While it is currently unknown how much of a stake either Lynch or Peters has in the Seawolves, the addition of the football duo is a big splash that indicates that Seattle’s professional rugby side intends to be a staple of Seattle sports for years to come.