{"id":837677,"date":"2026-03-27T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:13:24","slug":"seahawks-gm-on-why-retaining-former-bruin-jake-bobo-was-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837677\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks GM on why retaining former Bruin Jake Bobo was important"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UCLA Bruin<\/a> and Super Bowl champion Jake Bobo<\/a> nearly left the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> this offseason after helping the team win the Lombardi Trophy in February<\/a>. Bobo signed an offer sheet with the Jacksonville Jaguars but the Seahawks matched the deal to retain Bobo.<\/p>\n

Bobo got a two-year $5.5 million deal, which could grow to $7 million. Bobo isn\u2019t a huge part of the Seattle offense, but the wide receiver is a solid blocker and special teams player, with Seattle deciding that Bobo is worthy of sticking with the Seahawks as they look to defend their Super Bowl title this fall.<\/p>\n

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Over the course of three seasons, Bobo has caught just 34 passes. Bobo added another two receptions in the 2025 playoffs, including a touchdown in a win over the Los Angeles Rams<\/a>. Seahawks general manager John Schneider spoke about why retaining Bobo was a priority for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cJake\u2019s a culture guy,\u201d Schneider said to Seattle Sports<\/a>. \u201cHe had limited targets this year, but his effect on our team, you can\u2019t really put a dollar amount on it \u2013 the way he affected our running game, special teams, the way he works, the way he conducts business every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobo played just one season with UCLA<\/a>, the 2022 campaign, after spending four years with the Duke Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just decided that he\u2019s one of us,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cAnd for what we want to continue to do here \u2013 smart, tough, reliable \u2013 he\u2019s all that and more. \u2026 I can\u2019t say enough good things about Jake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seattle\u2019s loyalty to Bobo is noteworthy, as the Seahawks let Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III leave in free agency to Kansas City.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: Super Bowl champion Jake Bobo has become part of the Seahawks culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UCLA Bruin and Super Bowl champion Jake Bobo nearly left the Seattle Seahawks this offseason after helping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,125,11729,2861,118,9295,58,6,238,237,261,28662,2635,104880],"class_list":["post-837677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seattle-seahawks","tag-football","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jake-bobo","tag-john-schneider","tag-kansas-city","tag-kenneth-walker-iii","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-nfl","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-seattle-sports","tag-seattleseahawks","tag-ucla-bruin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116303207291433642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837677","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=837677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}