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Seahawks address cornerback need in third round of NFL draft

The Seattle Times·Bob Condotta Seattle Times staff reporter·about 1 month ago
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RENTON — The Seahawks took care of two needs with one pick at the end of the third round Friday night. First, they made a trade with the Steelers to move down from 96 to 99 and added pick 216, fulfilling a goal of adding to their haul of four picks they had entering the draft. Seattle also has pick 188 and will now have two in Saturday’s final day of the draft and five overall, unless they make another trade to add more. The Seahawks used pick 99 — a compensatory pick at the end of the third round — to take cornerback Julian Neal of Arkansas, bolstering a spot that took a hit when Riq Woolen signed with the Eagles as a free agent. The 6-foot-2, 208-pound Neal began his career at Fresno State and was called by Lindy’s in its scouting report as “physically imposing.” the latest Seahawks' 2026 draft class Neal said the pick may have been preordained, saying that he had a good meeting with the Seahawks at the NFL Combine earlier this year.…

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