Arroyo, the 50th overall pick, is a player that could very well end up looking like a great value as a mid second-round pick for the Seahawks. Arroyo missed significant playing time in 2022 and 2023 due to injury before playing all 13 games for Miami last year, so while he was still considered one of the draft’s top tight ends, he likely would have gone even higher if not for his injury history, Seahawks general manager and president of football operations John Schneider said.
“You have to be real about it, he has missed time,” Schneider said after Day 2 of the draft. “If he hasn’t missed time, the talent is like a Top 15 pick, so this guy’s special.”
Arroyo’s speed and big-play ability should allow him to quickly become a weapon in the passing game.
“This guy can run an extensive route tree,” Macdonald said. “To have to account for a tight end body on the field and him also to be able to split out wide, do X receiver type of things, bigger body that we probably have right now on our roster, just provides a ton of value. Then he’s going to throw it in there as the actual tight end in-line and be able to create some of those bigger personnel formations is the vision that we have for him. Really exciting.”