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The Seattle Seahawks are off until reporting for training camp in July, giving fans plenty of time to obsess over the roster and who will make the cut come final cuts in August.
For Seattle, it’s the first offseason under new head coach Mike Macdonald, with general manager John Schneider in full control from a roster perspective. With that in mind, and with the 90-man roster mostly set for training camp, here’s a look at how the roster by position in comparison to offseasons past.
Past 90 man roster breakdowns
| Position | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 6/21/2024 | Average | Current difference from average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 6/21/2024 | Average | Current difference from average |
| QB | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| RB | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| FB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| TE | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| WR | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12.6 | 1.6 |
| C/G | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| T | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5.8 | -2.2 |
| DE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| DT | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| LB | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 11.4 | -3.6 |
| CB | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9.8 | -1.2 |
| S | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| K | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| LS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Total | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 | N/A |
A couple of quick notes, the first of which is something astute readers will quickly notice, and that is that 2010, 2011 and 2020 are missing. The reason for this is that prior to 2012 offseason rosters were capped at 80 players, with the 2011 collective bargaining agreement expanding the offseason roster to 90 players beginning with the 2012 offseason. In addition, the 2020 COVID Amendment to the CBA limited the training camp roster to 80 players, limiting the meaningfulness of comparisons between the roster in that training camp relative to the seasons around it.
The second note is that this breakdown does not take into account the reported signing of UFL running back Ricky Person that was reported earlier in the week. This is not to say that the team won’t actually be adding Person to the roster, but since the team has not formally announced the move, along with the corresponding roster move, it’s not included in this table.
One thing that does jump out from the table pretty quickly on the offensive side of things, though, is how much lighter the team is at wide receiver compared to years past. This could provide some insight into why the team has been working out receivers in recent weeks, as the 11 wideouts currently on the roster would be the least to enter training camp during the John Schneider era.
The Hawks also seem to have a lot of bodies at the tackle spot, however, this is in part due to the fact that they have Max Pircher on the roster, who comes with a roster exemption due to his status as a member of the International Player Pathway program. That means that while the team has eight tackles on the roster, only seven of them are actually on the 90-man roster, with Pircher representing the extra player.
In addition, the numbers on the defensive side have the team heavier than years past at linebacker, while lighter on the defensive line. This makes sense due to the shift in personnel and scheme in recent seasons, and for those curious the breakdown between the defensive line and linebacker is not all that dissimilar from what Macdonald had in Baltimore.
There could, obviously, be some shuffling of the roster between now and the start of training camp, so this is something that can be revisited once training camp opens.
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