The Seahawks’ championship run in 2025 didn’t just end with a Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots. It also left behind a roster that still looks loaded for the long haul.
That’s the message in ESPN’s latest ranking of every NFL team’s players under 25, where Seattle came in at No. 8. For a team that just finished the season on top of the league, that’s a strong sign the young core is doing plenty of heavy lifting.
Aaron Schatz highlighted four blue-chip names for Seattle: CB Nick Emmanwori, DT Byron Murphy II, WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and G Grey Zabel. That group gives the Seahawks a real foundation, and it’s easy to see why the ranking stayed so high.
Smith-Njigba is still under 25, and so are Emmanwori, Murphy, and Zabel. Schatz’s point is clear: these are already impact players at their positions, and there’s still room for them to climb in 2026.
What makes Seattle’s placement even more impressive is that the Seahawks held onto a top-10 spot even after Anthony Bradford, Charles Cross, and Devon Witherspoon aged out of the group. As Schatz put it, "The Seahawks rank in the top 10 despite having both starting offensive tackles and one of the best cornerbacks in the league age out."
Add those names back in, and Seattle’s under-25 group would look even more intimidating. Even without them, the Seahawks still have one of the strongest young collections in the NFL.
There are more pieces in the mix, too. Jadarian Price, Elijah Arroyo, AJ Barner, Tory Horton, Bud Clark, and Julian Neal are among the other Seahawks players under 25.
For Seattle, the ranking says plenty: this isn’t just a team that reached the top once. It’s a roster built to keep showing up.
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