Seahawks Emulate Super Bowl Champs in Seven-Round Mock Draft
Ohio State Buckeyes tackle Donovan Jackson prepares for a snap against the Texas Longhorns in the College Football Playoff.
The Philadelphia Eagles utterly dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX for a 40-22 win to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. How did they do it? A fierce, well-coached, hungry front seven complemented with an explosive offense.
They showed the formula on how to beat elite quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes- have a good enough defensive line to only need to rush four, while seven can sit back and squeeze the passing lanes in coverage.
Let’s do a seven-round mock draft for the Seattle Seahawks that emulates what the Eagles did on Super Bowl Sunday with prospects who match the skill and talent of those who starred in the big game.
Round 1, Pick 18 - Shemar Stewart, EDGE, Texas A&M
Every team needs more long, lanky, bendy pass rushers off the edge. Stewart offers the dream combination of athleticism, size, speed, and strength. The Seahawks may have a major need off the edge if players like Uchenna Nwosu and Dre’Mont Jones depart. Derick Hall and Boye Mafe have taken strides towards becoming franchise cornerstones. But that group needs more juice.
Stewart is as twitchy an edge rusher as you will find in this draft class. He combined to produce 39 quarterback pressures with a sparkling 88.2 run defense grade at Texas A&M last season. His 33 quarterback hurries were third most in the SEC. Seattle needs to hurry opposing quarterbacks more.
Josh Sweat, who racked up 2.5 sacks against the Chiefs on Sunday, has a similar skillset to Stewart. He also had a strong case to be Super Bowl MVP for the Eagles, in place of the winner Jalen Hurts, and the Seahawks would love to add that type of talent to their edge rushing stable.
Round 2, Pick 50 - Donovan Jackson, OL, Ohio State
It’s no secret the Seahawks need to address the offensive line in this draft, perhaps multiple times. Jackson finished the season on an impressive note. He took something of the Joe Thuney route from the Kansas City Chiefs. A talented guard who moved to left tackle for the better of the team during the season even if it wasn’t his best position.
The biggest difference was Jackson performed much better in big championship situations than Thuney did when playing out of position. Jackson allowed zero pressures against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff title game. The Seahawks could add him at guard while knowing he has experience at tackle in a pinch, bringing a day one caliber starter on board to help boost an interior line that struggled all of 2024.
Round 3, Pick 82 - Mason Taylor, TE, LSU
The Seahawks added a solid rookie tight end last year in A.J. Barner. His four receiving touchdowns were the most by a Seattle tight end since Jimmy Graham was in town, helping offset the fact veteran Noah Fant only had one score of his own.
What if the Seahawks doubled down on tight end with Fant as a potential cap casualty? Taylor put together an all-around solid season at LSU, racking up 546 receiving yards while earning respectable blocking grades. He has a similar build to Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert and if Seattle has two young tight ends they can rely on in the passing game as well as blocking, that opens up many more options on offense for Klint Kubiak.
Round 4, Pick 137 - Jordan Phillips, DT, Maryland
If Super Bowl LIX taught us anything, it’s that having a dominant defensive line can change the entire outlook of a franchise. The Seahawks have solid foundational pieces for an elite defensive line in two-time Pro Bowler Leonard Williams and first round pick Byron Murphy. They may lose Jarran Reed and Johnathan Hankins in free agency, however.
Phillips is a massive human being at 6-3, 320 pounds. He plugged running lanes for many Big Ten teams with his massive frame in the A or B gaps along the interior. He would be a great complementary piece to Williams and Murphy and could be like Seattle’s version of Jordan Davis, who does plenty of dirty work without getting the attention like the Eagles’ Jalen Carter.
Round 5, Pick 173 - Jonah Monheim, OL, USC
Having versatile offensive linemen is extremely valuable and Monheim was a full-season starter for USC at three different positions during his college career. He has logged at least 700 snaps at left tackle, right tackle, and center. In 2024, he was the Trojans’ starting center and allowed zero sacks in 514 pass blocking snaps.
Monheim likely projects as an NFL prospect in the interior, where Seattle can try him at center or guard, similar to what Philadelphia did with Landon Dickerson during his development. Dickerson eventually became a three-time Pro Bowl guard.
Round 6, Pick 187- Jamon Dumas-Johnson, LB, Kentucky
Even if the Seahawks bring back Ernest Jones at linebacker as hoped, they likely need to add more depth behind him and Tyrice Knight. Any defense could use a versatile, playmaking off-ball linebacker like Zack Baun was for the Eagles. It’s tough to say any linebacker going in the sixth round will even sniff an All-Pro selection. However, Dumas-Johnson has some traits that suggest he could develop into an every-down backer for Seattle.
Dumas-Johnson collected 67 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks for Kentucky in 2024. He has the athleticism to get sideline-to-sideline and the IQ to be an effective blitzer in Macdonald’s aggressive defense.
Round 6, Pick 196 - Devin Neal, RB, Kansas
The Seahawks probably aren’t going to find the next Saquon Barkley in the sixth round. Frankly, they don’t necessarily need one. Between Ken Walker III and Zach Charbonnet, they have a talented duo already on the roster. However, given that Walker is on the last year of his deal and also was outperformed by Charbonnet in some respects, the Seahawks would do well to add depth.
Neal was one of the most productive backs in all of college football in the last few seasons. With the Jayhawks, he tallied at least 1,090 rushing yards in three straight seasons, including exceeding 1,200 yards in back-to-back seasons to finish his college career, with 34 touchdowns from scrimmage in his final two years combined. His compact size and high level of production offers a tantalizing prospect to add to an already great backfield.
Round 6, Pick 212 - Tonka Hemingway, DT, South Carolina
As mentioned, the Eagles showed the world that you can never have too many talented defensive linemen up front. Again, banking on a sixth-rounder becoming an All-Pro is like pulling the lever over and over again on the slot machine, expecting thousands of dollars to come spilling out. Still, this is a very deep defensive line draft class and Seattle would do well to dip into it, perhaps multiple times. and Hemingway did most of his damage in the 3-tech spot.
Going up against some of the best offensive linemen college football has to offer in the SEC, Hemingway notched 25 tackles, four tackles for loss and four sacks last season. He is also praised for his academic prowess and leadership. More qualities you can never have too much of, even if Hemingway turns out to just be a rotational piece.
Round 7, Pick 236 - Corey Thornton, CB, Louisville
This isn’t to say Thornton can be the next Cooper DeJean or Quinyon Mitchell. The Eagles hit a homerun with those talented defensive backs early in last year’s draft. However, Thornton is no stranger to making plays, as displayed by his five interceptions over the last two seasons. He offers ideal size at just over 6 feet tall and nearly 200 pounds.
Even if he just became a special teams role player for Seattle like Isaiah Rodgers or Kelee Ringo did for Philadelphia, that would be a win out of the seventh round for a secondary that may have some depth concerns behind Devon Witherspoon and Riq Woolen.
