PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Seattle Seahawks rounded out their three-week training camp on Tuesday and have a number of players with local ties active on the roster for the upcoming season.
The most highly anticipated one is the arrival of Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp. He was born and raised in Yakima, Washington, before attending college at Eastern Washington University.
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At EWU, Kupp was a consensus FCS All-American for four straight years, earned First-Team All-America honors, was the first wide receiver in the Big Sky Conference to win First-Team All-Big Sky honors in four straight seasons, and was only the second wide receiver in 42 years to take home the Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP Award.
Kupp is the first player in NFL history to record 600+ receptions, 7,500+ receiving yards and 50-plus touchdown receptions in a player’s first 100 career games.
The Seahawks drafted Washington State University right tackle Abraham Lucas back in 2022 and he instantly had an impact. Lucas was a member of Seattle’s highly productive rookie class that season, which was second in the NFL with a combined 4,868 offensive and defensive snaps played.
Due to injuries, Lucas only played six games in 2023 and seven in 2024.
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This week, the Seahawks waived former Oregon cornerback Kam Alexander to sign Alphonzo Tuputala, a Seattle-area native. The linebacker was an undrafted rookie out of the University of Washington who was a three-year starter for the Huskies.
The Hawks also put Westview alum Brandon Pili on the active roster. He was on Seattle’s practice squad in November 2024 and was signed to the active roster in Week 18 last season.
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