The Seattle Seahawks and general manager John Schneider have been on quite the run when it comes to landing impact players with their first-round picks.

NFL Draft: What should Seahawks do with pick No. 32?

Since the 2022 draft, the Seahawks have selected left tackle Charles Cross, cornerback Devon Witherspoon, wide receiver Jaxon-Smith Njigba, defensive tackle Byron Murphy II and left guard Grey Zabel in the first round. Two of those picks turned into All-Pros, and the others were key contributors in the team’s Super Bowl run.

Which direction will the Seahawks go when looking to find their next impact first-rounder in this year’s draft? NFL Draft analyst and host of the Read Optional Podcast Jon Ledyard told Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy on Monday he thinks wide receiver will be a top priority.

“They feel like they’ve got a lot of young, good, exciting talent defensively. And if there’s a player that’s good enough, maybe they’ll just feel like they can’t pass up on the value there. But if it’s all kind of even at that point in the class, I do wonder if they’ll try to go wide receiver and try to get somebody who can take some of the pressure off of JSN,” Ledyard said.

Smith-Njigba led the league with 1,793 receiving yards on his way to winning AP Offensive Player of the Year last season. In doing so, he accounted for 44.1% of the team’s receiving yards. Cooper Kupp (593 yards) was the only other Seahawks wideout to eclipse 200 yards during the regular season.

Ledyard believes finding a downfield threat who can stretch the field would be the best fit for the Seahawks.

“With that offense and assuming they want to keep the play-action and vertical-stretch elements that made them really effective last season, you do think speed has got to be somewhat of an asset,” Ledyard said. “Unless they feel like Tory Horton is ready to be making a big jump this season, you’ve got to feel like speed is going to be a priority for them in this draft at wide receiver.”

Ledyard ran through a few potential late-first-round options at wide receiver for the Seahawks, including a well-known local product.

“Denzel Boston from Washington obviously would be kind of a local pick that would be an interesting one I think that will get some buzz,” Ledyard said. “I worry about Boston a little bit at the top of the route. How does he separate? He didn’t catch the ball well at the combine, but he caught it pretty well last season, so I’m not ready to get worried about that.”

Boston, a South Hill native, had 62 receptions for 881 yards and 11 TDs in 12 games for UW last season. He was a third-team All-Big Ten selection.

“Jordyn Tyson is a player I think with massive range in the draft,” Ledyard said. “He could go early, the medicals could push him down lower in the first round. He’s one that I think will end up all over the place in mock drafts and probably should, at least until we get closer to the process.”

Tyson hauled in 75 receptions for 1,101 yards and 10 TDs in 12 games for Arizona State in 2024 while earning third-team All-America honors, but his numbers dipped this past season while dealing with a hamstring issues that limited him to nine games. Tyson also tore his ACL, MCL and PCL in 2022 and suffered a broken collarbone in 2024.

“Is KC Concepcion, a different type of player for them I would say, but is he the type of player that they might value or look at in that portion of the draft?” Ledyard said.

Concepcion totaled 61 receptions for 919 yards and nine TDs for Texas A&M in 2025. He added two punt return touchdowns and was named first-team All-America as an all-purpose player.

“If they’re going a more safe route, I really like Omar Cooper Jr. from Indiana,” Ledyard said. “I think he’s a really talented player.”

Cooper had 69 receptions for 937 yards and 13 TDs for national champion Indiana. He was a second-team All-Big Ten selection.

Hear the full conversation at this link or in the audio player in this story. Listen to Bump and Stacy weekdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.

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