Seahawks confirm seven undrafted free-agent signings ahead of rookie minicamp

Seattle finished another roster-building phase by confirming seven undrafted free-agent signings on Thursday, a cost-conscious move that fits a team still working the bottom of the 90-man roster after entering the 2026 draft with only 75 players under contract. The Seahawks also used four trades to lift their draft total from four picks to eight, then started signing that class as rookies reported to the Virginia Mason Athletic Center ahead of minicamp.

The club signed six of its eight draft picks on Thursday, leaving first-round pick Jadarian Price and second-round pick Bud Clark still unsigned. That matters because Seattle is again trying to fill depth gaps without drifting into expensive veteran fixes. In a cap-driven league, undrafted players remain the cheapest way to stock special teams, developmental spots and emergency depth at positions that can turn over quickly.

The reported undrafted group includes tight end Lance Mason of Wisconsin, edge rusher Devean Deal of Texas Christian, defensive tackle Uso Seumalo of Kansas State, edge rusher Aidan Hubbard of Northwestern, receiver Levi Wentz of Kansas and receiver Michael Briscoe of Cal Poly. By position, Mason has a clear path to competing for a backup tight end job and special teams snaps, while Deal, Hubbard and Seumalo fit the kind of rotational front-seven profile Seattle has often mined from undrafted ranks. Wentz and Briscoe are longer shots for the 53-man roster, but both can matter if they show value on returns, coverage units or as practice-squad receivers.

The timing is no accident. Rookie minicamp gives Seattle its first real chance to test fringe players in a live setting, and the Seahawks have a recent template for how undrafted players can matter. The 2025 Super Bowl-winning roster included multiple undrafted contributors, among them Rashid Shaheed, Jalen Sundell, Drake Thomas, Josh Jobe, Ty Okada, Brady Russell, George Holani and Jake Bobo. That history explains why the Seahawks keep digging at the same budget-friendly part of the market.

Daniel Jeremiah called Seattle’s 2026 draft “boringly good,” a fitting summary for a front office that has tried to stay efficient, accumulate picks and let the back of the roster sort itself out on the field. The seven undrafted additions are the next test of that approach, and the positions Seattle targeted suggest the club is still looking for inexpensive answers at the margins where roster jobs are won.