{"id":871754,"date":"2026-04-22T08:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871754\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:42:19","slug":"brock-2-drafts-fits-at-edge-rusher-for-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871754\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock: 2 drafts fits at edge rusher for Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

After months of build up, the Seattle Seahawks are less than 48 hours from being on the clock for their first pick of the NFL Draft, as long as they hold on to pick No. 32 in the first round.<\/p>\n

Seahawks Draft: A mid-round edge rusher with elite length<\/a><\/p>\n

While the offensive line has long been a need for the Seahawks in drafts, this year running back, edge rusher and cornerback are among their top positions of need.<\/p>\n

Former NFL quarterback Brock Huard<\/a> highlighted a pair of players who could help bolster the Seahawks\u2019 edge group as he continued his draft profile series Tuesday during Seattle Sports\u2019 Brock and Salk.<\/p>\n

In this edition of Huard\u2019s draft profiles, he looked at Michigan edge rushers Derrick Moore and Jaishawn Barham, who also played on the same team together in high school at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Huard pointed to the connection head coach Mike Macdonald, a former Michigan defensive coordinator, and many members of his coaching staff have to the Michigan program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know these guys, they know them inside and out,\u201d Huard said. \u201cThey typically like they\u2019re Michigan men, and these are two physical guys that have all the attributes you\u2019re looking for on the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The high-floor pick<\/p>\n

Moore is coming off a decorated four-year career at Michigan where he piled up 24.5 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, eight passes defended and three forced fumbles in 53 games.<\/p>\n

This past season, the 6-foot-3, 255-pound Moore totaled 10.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks and two forced fumbles while earning first-team All-Big Ten honors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a pretty fair quote about him: \u2018Unselfish, well-rounded, high floor.\u2019 Is he a high-ceiling guy? Not as much as Barham, but he\u2019s a very high-floor guy,\u201d Huard said.<\/p>\n

NFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah has Moore ranked as the No. 65 prospect<\/a> in this years draft. ESPN has him ranked 60th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is just your fierce, tough, edgy, productive (player),\u201d Huard said. \u201cHe played in space a little bit more. They are field-boundary scheme at Michigan at times. He\u2019s been more of the field rusher, more against your left tackle. And (he\u2019s) just got more in the tool bag\u2026 He\u2019s been a defensive end. He\u2019s pretty well versed in it. He\u2019s going to have a bigger tool bag, I think, than both Boye (Mafe) and Derrick Hall had, and he\u2019s going to be a second, late-second-round (pick). Rugged, tough Michigan guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The high-ceiling pick<\/p>\n

Barham spent his first two college seasons at Maryland, which included earning Freshman All-American honors in 2022, and transferred to Michigan in 2024. He played linebacker at Maryland and in his first season at Michigan before making the move to edge for his final college season.<\/p>\n

In 12 games at a new position in 2025, the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Barham amassed 10 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cJaishawn Barham is a little bit more of a wild card, and one of the scouts that was quoted in some of the prep for this said he may bloom with the right coaching,\u201d Huard said.<\/p>\n

Huard recalled seeing Barham as a freshman at Maryland while he was doing color commentary for FOX and being in awe of how physically mature he already looked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember being on the field, as a freshman, looking at him going, \u2018There\u2019s just no way. There\u2019s no way humanly possible that that guy played high school football the year before,\u2019\u201d Huard said.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah has Barham ranked as the No. 77 prospect in the draft. ESPN has him ranked 88th.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a higher ceiling guy you\u2019re going to have to coach up,\u201d Huard said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t come with years and years and years of experience on the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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