{"id":736949,"date":"2026-02-08T01:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736949\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T01:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:29:16","slug":"seahawks-elevate-cam-akers-velus-jones-jr-ahead-of-sb-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736949\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks elevate Cam Akers, Velus Jones Jr. ahead of SB LX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brady HendersonFeb 7, 2026, 07:18 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.<\/p>\n

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> elevated running backs Cam Akers<\/a> and Velus Jones Jr.<\/a> from their practice squad Saturday to be available for Super Bowl LX, the team announced.<\/p>\n

They will give Seattle a pair of backfield options to back up Kenneth Walker III<\/a> and George Holani<\/a> against the New England Patriots<\/a>. Holani became Seattle’s No. 2 running back when Zach Charbonnet<\/a>, who was Seattle’s co-starter along with Walker, tore an ACL in the divisional round.<\/p>\n

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Akers served as the third running back in the NFC Championship Game. Jones was inactive.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks signed Jones to their practice squad in November. Including the playoffs, he has 10 carries for 42 yards in four games with Seattle.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks also signed Akers in November. Including the playoffs, he’s appeared in four games, mainly on special teams.<\/p>\n

Akers, a 2020 second-round pick, won Super Bowl XVI with the Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, serving as teammates with current Seahawks Cooper Kupp<\/a> and Ernest Jones IV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New England elevated defensive end Leonard Taylor<\/a> and running back D’Ernest Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This will be Johnson’s 11th game this season as he bounced between the practice squad and active roster. He adds depth behind Rhamondre Stevenson<\/a> and TreVeyon Henderson<\/a> and has also been an option as a kickoff returner.<\/p>\n

This is Taylor’s seventh game this season for the Patriots, as the team employs a rotation along the defensive line. Taylor blocked a field goal in the second half in the AFC Championship Game to help preserve the Patriots’ 10-7 victory.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Mike Reiss contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady HendersonFeb 7, 2026, 07:18 PM ET CloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-736949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116032423686253146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}