Seattle Seahawks NFL Draft 2025 guide: Picks, predictions and key needs

The Seattle Seahawks have the 18th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft when Round 1 begins April 24 in Green Bay. The Seahawks own 10 total picks in the seven-round draft, including three in the top 52 and four in the top 92.

Seahawks’ draft picks

Full draft order

Every pick in the seven-round NFL Draft.

NFL Draft details

• Round 1: April 24, 8 p.m. ET
• Rounds 2-3: April 25, 7 p.m. ET
• Rounds 4-7: April 26, noon ET

All rounds will be televised on ESPN/ABC and NFL Network and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.

About the Seahawks

• General manager: John Schneider (16th season with team)
• Head coach: Mike Macdonald (second season with team)
• Last year’s record: 10-7

The Seahawks were the only team with at least 10 wins to miss the playoffs in 2024. Led by a first-year coach in Macdonald, Seattle had a decent season and produced three Pro Bowlers, one via the original ballot (Devon Witherspoon) and two via injury replacement (Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Leonard Williams). Those three will headline a new-look Seattle team, which also has a new offensive play caller in Klink Kubiak, trying to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2022.

Scouting the decision-makers

Schneider added president of football operations to his title in January 2024, giving him final say on personnel, which was previously held by Pete Carroll. However, Schneider has said Carroll rarely used his veto power in 14 years together, and Schneider took offense to a question last offseason that intimated he was only now running the show because Carroll is gone.

• The Seahawks’ 2024 NFL Draft class

Seahawks’ key additions

• QB Sam Darnold: Three-year, $100.5 million deal (plus $10 million in incentives)
• WR Cooper Kupp: Three-year, $45 million deal
• DE DeMarcus Lawrence: Three-year, $42 million deal

• Seahawks’ 2025 free-agency tracker

Seahawks’ key positions of need

Offensive line: Earlier in the offseason, Schneider referred to the offensive line as the team’s biggest deficiency. Charles Cross is a very talented left tackle, and Abe Lucas is an equally talented right tackle when healthy, though he has played just 13 games over the past two years due to a knee issue (which has since been resolved, Schneider said). The interior of Seattle’s offensive line, meanwhile, features several young and inexpensive yet unproven players. The Seahawks must come out of this draft with at least one, if not two, starting-caliber players up front.

Wide receiver: Seattle replaced DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett with 31-year-old Kupp on a three-year contract and 30-year-old Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a one-year deal. The team also signed 30-year-old River Cracraft and Steven Sims, who is mostly a return specialist. Seattle needs to draft pass catchers who can be immediately impactful in Kubiak’s offense, particularly down the field. Looking ahead, Smith-Njigba is the only receiver under 30 who is under contract beyond this season.

Cornerback: Of Seattle’s three starting cornerbacks, only Witherspoon is under contract beyond this season. The Seahawks used a 2024 fifth-round pick on Nehemiah Pritchett, but he played just 144 defensive snaps and made one start as a rookie. Witherspoon, Josh Jobe and Riq Woolen are good cornerbacks, but the draft isn’t just about filling immediate needs — it’s also about planning for the future. Adding a high-upside cornerback in the draft would provide depth in 2025 and set the defense up for success in 2026 and beyond in the event that Jobe and Woolen are re-signed.

Seahawks’ draft analysis

Is GM John Schneider on the hot seat? Plus, thoughts on the draft and O-line

Seahawks roster reset: O-line help still needed, but draft priorities becoming clearer

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Seahawks big board: Prospects who could fill needs in Rounds 1-3

The Athletic’s latest mock drafts

March 25: Seahawks 7-round mock draft 2.0
Armed with more picks, Michael-Shawn Dugar moves around the draft board to land two first-rounders.

March 24: New first-round mock
Ben Standig has the Seahawks looking to the FCS ranks for help along the O-line.

March 20: Beat writer mock draft 2.0
After a top talent slides, Michael-Shawn scoops him up at No. 18.

March 10: 3-round mock draft
Nick Baumgardner hits on a bunch of needs for the Seahawks, including offensive line, quarterback and safety.

March 4: Dane Brugler mock draft
Dane projects the Seahawks to grab a defensive playmaker in Round 1.

Feb. 13: Seahawks 7-round mock draft 1.0
Michael-Shawn gets Seattle some O-line help early, plus a developmental QB option.

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