2023 NFL Draft: Will Seahawks ‘Love’ Georgia CB Kelee Ringo?

Through the Seattle Seahawks’ dominant run of success within the early 2010s, the “Legion of Increase” secondary rose to stardom.

Headlined by cornerback Richard Sherman and safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, the Seahawks fielded one of the vital feared defensive again rooms in all the NFL.

Nevertheless, as all three departed, Seattle started to wrestle on the again finish of its protection … however now holds an thrilling group of younger expertise, particularly at cornerback, that seems poised to get again to the usual of excellence set beneath coach Pete Carroll.

With rookies Tariq Woolen and Coby Bryant outperforming their day 3 draft alternatives and 25-year-old journeyman Mike Jackson breaking out, the Seahawks have three younger corners which have seen vital motion all through the workforce’s spectacular first 10 video games, and every of them have finished sufficient to stay round shifting ahead.

And in accordance with Professional Soccer Focus, Seattle may not be finished including younger expertise to its cornerback room. Although the 2023 NFL Draft remains to be over 5 months away, the faculty soccer common season is nearing its finish and prime prospects have put out a wealth of tape.

One such participant is Georgia cornerback Kelee Ringo, who was linked with the Seahawks as a prospect-team match PFF would “love” to see.

Pete Carroll loves nothing greater than dimension and size in his cornerbacks, and that wholesale describes the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Ringo. The Georgia nook additionally possesses low 4.3-second pace at that dimension.

He’d give Seattle one freakish duo on the surface with the 6-foot-4, 205-pound Tariq Woolen already making a reputation for himself as a rookie. – PFF analyst Michael Renner

Ringo is considered a top-15 prospect, and with Seattle at the moment main the NFC West, the 2 could also be out of attain … besides they are not, due to the first-round decide the Seahawks acquired from the Denver Broncos in change for quarterback Russell Wilson this previous offseason.

With eight weeks left, that decide at the moment sits at No. 7 total, organising the Ringo-to-Seattle pairing … which PFF made come to fruition in its newest mock draft.

“Perhaps I do not see him as this slam-dunk top-10 cornerback prospect I noticed with (Derek) Stingley and Sauce (Gardner) and to some extent (Trent) McDuffie a yr in the past. However, man, on this protection, throughout from one Tariq Woolen — that is a scary thought. You could have a 6-foot-4, 205-pound nook in Tariq Woolen; you’ve got a 6-foot-2, 210- to 215-pounder in Ringo, who each run within the 4.2s… That is only a tough cornerback group to go up in opposition to bodily.” – Renner

Groups do not start draft conferences till December, so it is tough to know for certain whether or not the Seahawks have true curiosity in Ringo. Nevertheless, contemplating Carroll’s “kind” at cornerback, the Georgia star who sealed final yr’s nationwide championship recreation definitely figures to be excessive on Seattle’s draft board.

However for now, it is solely a enjoyable thought … or the precise reverse for offensive coordinators and receivers alike who’d need to line up throughout from the younger, lengthy and quick corners in Seattle’s secondary, recreating among the challenges introduced by the Legion of Increase years in the past.

You may comply with Daniel Flick on Twitter @DFlickDraft

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