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The Seattle Seahawks are coming off Super LX, but this offseason, the team’s front office needed to make tough decisions about key players who helped them win a championship.
One of the players Seattle decided to let walk as a free agent was Kenneth Walker III, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. Moreover, Zach Charbonnet suffered a torn ACL during the playoff run, and the Seahawks’ running back situation has many question marks to start the 2026 NFL season.
Charbonnet isn’t expected to miss the entire year, but the early part of the campaign will be challenging for Seattle. As a result, the Seahawks likely take a running back at the 2026 NFL Draft. Furthermore, ESPN’s Matt Bowen believes that former Arkansas Razorbacks running back Mike Washington Jr. is the perfect team fit.
“Washington could go later on Day 2, but he has the tape and speed to move up into the final slot of the second round. Seattle has a need at the position, as Kenneth Walker III signed with the Chiefs and Zach Charbonnet is still recovering from a torn ACL,” Bowen wrote in his article published on March 31.
“Under new coordinator Brian Fleury — who coached with Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco — we should expect a run game that leans on motion and movement in both zone and gap concepts. Washington has the lateral agility to fit in that scheme, and he can dart through daylight with his 4.33 speed. His frame can handle NFL volume, plus he can produce on swings and screens as a pass catcher. Washington averaged 8.1 yards per reception in 2025.”
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Washington’s name shouldn’t be a surprise, as ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes floated two names that should be on the Seahawks’ radar, and one of them was the former Razorbacks star.
“Just throw out running back because [the Seahawks] really need one,“ Kimes said on the March 18 edition of “The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny.“ “Kenneth Walker III’s gone. Zach Charbonnet’s hurt. They brought in Emanuel Wilson, who’s just depth. [Seahawks general manager] John Schneider will probably get to do his favorite thing in the entire world, which is draft a running back in the second round.
“I wouldn’t mind, like, Jonah Coleman from Washington, although he apparently is just not athletic testing, which is weird. But he’s a good back… There are some interesting mid-round backs. We talked about this. Mike Washington Jr., who’s a really, really fast Arkansas back, would be an interesting one for them as well. But it is a glaring area of need.”
Jonah Coleman Could Be Serious Option for Seattle
Kimes isn’t the only one who believes that the Seahawks should target Jonah Coleman. Seattle Sports’ Brock Huard believes the former Washington Huskies star would be an ideal fit for the reigning Super Bowl champions.
“Could Jonah Coleman be a Seattle Seahawk?“ Huard said on Feb. 24 (h/t Seattle Sports). “… Because if that body needed transformation in college, that’s not always a great projection into the NFL. But he did it, and he’s going to be in phenomenal shape here. Keep an eye on (him). In a very weak running back class with a couple of guys at the very top, he will be one of the more intriguing backs.”
Eduardo Razo Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. More about Eduardo Razo
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