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NEWS RELEASE April 20, 2011 2011 NFL Notes D RAFT O VERVIEW 2011 FIRST R OUND The Seattle Seahawks hold eight picks in this year’s draft, NFL Draft including the 25th overall selection in the first round. Seattle’s front April 28-30, 2011 office regime of Executive Vice President & and General Manager John Schneider will preside over the # Team W L T Seahawks draft board. 1. Carolina 2 14 0 This year, Seattle was awarded one compensatory pick by the 2. Denver 4 12 0 NFL, given for the net loss of certain quality unrestricted free 3. Buffalo 4 12 0 agents last year. 4. Cincinnati 4 12 0 Of interest, Seattle has had 37 all-time first-round draft choices 5. 5 11 0 (one in supplemental draft) and taken 17 offensive and 20 defen- 6. Cleveland 5 11 0 sive players. Offensive line (six tackles, two guards) has been the 7. San Francisco6 10 0 most common position drafted in the first round, with defensive 8. Tennessee 6 10 0 back (five , two safeties) as the next most common 9. Dallas 6 10 0 position drafted. Seattle has drafted at least one defensive lineman 10. Washington 6 10 0 in every draft except for the 1997, 1983 and 1978 drafts. 11. Houston 6 10 0 Seattle is one of four teams to have never had the number one 12. Minnesota 6 10 0 overall pick. Other teams that have not had the first pick: Baltimore 13. Detroit 6 10 0 Ravens, and . 14. St. Louis 7 9 0 The Seahawks draft day media workroom will be located in the 15. Miami 7 9 0 team’s defensive meeting room on the 2nd Floor and will open at 16. Jacksonville 8 8 0 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 28. Media are asked to park and enter on 17. New England8 8 0 the north side of the indoor practice facility and will be directed to (from Oakland) the media room. 18. San Diego 9 7 0 19. N.Y. Giants 10 6 0 T RADING P LACES 20. Tampa Bay 10 6 0 Previous trades that impact this year’s draft. 21. Kansas City 10 6 0 22. Indianapolis 10 6 0 Date Transaction 23. 10 6 0 3/8/10 Traded QB to Cleveland for 24. New Orleans11 5 0 2011 seventh-round pick (#209). 25. Seattle 7 9 0 3/18/10 Traded 2010 second-round pick and 2011 third- 26. Baltimore 12 4 0 round pick (#89) to San Diego for QB Charlie 27. Atlanta 13 3 0 Whitehurst and 2010 second-round pick (WR 28. New England14 2 0 29. Chicago 11 5 0 ). 30. N.Y. Jets 11 5 0 8/16/10 Traded 2011 sixth-round pick (#190) to San 31. Pittsburgh 12 4 0 Francisco for DL . 32. Green Bay 10 6 0 8/18/10 Traded DE to Detroit for 2011 sixth-round pick (#173). S EATTLE S ELECTION B REAKDOWN 8/31/10 Traded CB Josh Wilson to Baltimore for 2011 Round Pick Overall fifth-round pick (#157). 12525 9/5/10 Traded 2011 seventh-round pick (#227) to 22557 Philadelphia for T . 4 from Denver thru New England 299 10/5/10 Traded 2011 fourth-round pick (#122) and 2012 5 25 156 undisclosed pick to Buffalo for RB Marshawn 5 from Baltimore 26 157 Lynch. 6 from Detroit 8 173 10/11/10 Traded WR to New England for 7 from Cleveland 6 209 2011 fourth-round pick (#99). 7 compensatory 41 242 2011 NFL Draft April 28-30, 2011

A LL-TIME S EAHAWKS 1 ST R OUND P ICKS P LAYERS C HOSEN N O . 25 SINCE 2000 Year # Pos. Player College Year Player Team College 1976 2 DT Notre Dame 2000 DT Minnesota Boston Col. 1977 14 G Tulsa 2001 WR Philadelphia UCLA 1978 9 DB Keith Simpson Memphis State 2002 DE Charles Grant New Orleans Georgia 1979 18 DT UCLA 2003 DT William Joseph N.Y. Giants Miami 1980 10 DE Texas A&M 2004 DB Green Bay Arkansas 1981 4 S UCLA 2005 QB Washington Auburn 1982 6 DE Clemson 2006 WR Pittsburgh Ohio State 1983 3 RB Penn State 2007 LB Jon Beason Carolina Miami 1984 22 CB Terry Taylor Southern Illinois 2008 DB Mike Jenkins Dallas South Fla. 1985 25 n/a Traded to Cincinnati for C Blair Bush 2009 DB Vontae Davis Miami Illinois 1986 15 FB John L. Williams Florida 2010 QB Denver Florida 1987 18 LB Tony Woods Pittsburgh 1988 1 LB D RAFTING THE F UTURE used in supplemental draft Learning from and , GM John 1989 15 T Notre Dame Schneider shares the philosophy of building a team through the 1990 3 DT Miami draft. Eight of Schneider’s nine 2010 draft choices are on the ros- 1991 16 QB Dan McGwire San Diego State ter, and since 2003, 18 players drafted by Seattle remain on the 1992 10 T Ray Roberts Virginia roster. 1993 2 QB Notre Dame 2003 4. DT 1994 8 DT Sam Adams Texas A&M 1. CB 7a. RB 1995 8 WR Ohio State 2004 2009 3. T 1. LB Aaron Curry 1996 21 T Boston College 6. DT Craig Terrill 2. C 1997 3 CB Ohio State 2005 3. WR 6 T Walter Jones Florida State 1. C Chris Spencer 7. TE 1998 15 LB Anthony Simmons Clemson 2. LB 2010 3b. LB 1a. T 1999 22 DE Saginaw Valley State 4. T 1b. S 2000 19 RB Alabama 2006 2. WR Golden Tate 22 T Chris McIntosh Wisconsin 1. CB 4. CB 2001 9 WR North Carolina State 7b. WR 5. S 17 G Steve Hutchinson Michigan 2007 6. TE Anthony McCoy 3. DT 7a. DE 2002 28 TE Washington 5. LB 7b. TE 2003 11 CB Marcus Trufant Washington State 2008 2004 23 DT Texas 2. TE John Carlson 2005 26 C Chris Spencer Mississippi S EAHAWKS D RAFT D AY P HONES 2006 31 CB Kelly Jennings Miami 2007 24 n/a Traded to NE for WR Deion Branch Dave Pearson, VP/Communications & Broadcasting 2008 28 DE Lawrence Jackson USC 425/203-8018 (o) 2009 4 LB Aaron Curry Wake Forest Lane Gammel, Director of Communications 2010 6 T Russell Okung Oklahoma State 425/203-8020 (o) 14 S Earl Thomas Texas 425/531-1074 (c) Rich Gonzales, Communications Manager 2011 SCHEDULE N OTES 425/203-8022 (o) *Seattle begins the season with two road games for the first time 425/531-1075 (c) since 2004, and features its first game Jeff Garza, Communications Assistant since 2007 and two nationally televised games since 2008. 425/203-8021 (o) 206/255-4661 (c) *The schedule has five contests against 2010 playoff contenders, Julie Barber, Media Services Coordinator including one at Chicago, who knocked Seattle out of last sea- 425/203-8019 (o) son’s playoffs, and games vs. the AFC North and NFC East. Brian O’Connell, Assistant Director of Broadcasting *Seattle’s four of its first six games are on the road, followed by 425/203-8017 (o) five of seven at home (including three in a row at home) and end- 425/531-0990 (c) ing with two of three on the road. Matt Johnson, Executive Producer/Seahawks Radio Network *The Seahawks close the season with three division games in the 425/203-8016 (o) last four weeks. 425/591-6791 (c) 2011 NFL Draft April 28-30, 2011

2011 NFL DRAFT F ACTS & FIGURES

What: 76th Annual Player Selection Meeting.

Where: , 1260 Avenue of the Americas, City (Between 50th and 51st Streets).

When: 5:00 PM PT, Thursday, April 28 (Round 1). 3:00 PM PT, Friday, April 29 (Rounds 2-3). 9:00 AM PT, Saturday, April 30 (Rounds 4-7).

The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 8:30 PM PT. In 2010, the first round consumed three hours and 28 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 7:15 PM PT. The second and third rounds took four hours and six minutes in 2010. The draft will conclude at approximately 4:15 PM PT on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and eight minutes in 2010.

Drafting: Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.

Rounds: Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 28; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 29; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 30.

There will be 254 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 16 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.

The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 222 regular choices in the seven rounds – Round 3: Carolina, 33. Round 4: Tennessee, 33; Green Bay, 34. Round 5: Baltimore, 33; Baltimore, 34. Round 6: , 33; Kansas City, 34; Minnesota, 35; San Diego, 36; New York Giants, 37; Carolina, 38. Round 7: San Diego, 33; Miami, 34; Minnesota, 35; Philadelphia, 36; Tampa Bay, 37; San Francisco, 38; Philadelphia, 39; Oakland, 40; Seattle, 41; New Orleans, 42; Carolina, 43; Buffalo, 44; Cincinnati, 45; Denver, 46; Cleveland, 47; Arizona, 48; San Francisco, 49; Tennessee, 50; Dallas, 51; Washington, 52; Houston, 53.

New England (Nos. 17 and 28) has two selections in the first round. Oakland does not have a first-round pick. All other teams have one first-round selection.

Time Limits: Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes per selection.

Television: NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN 2 will televise the draft on all three days.

Internet &: Exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes features on NFL.com and team websites for draft weekend will include: Mobile “Draft Tracker” with real-time selection information as well as exclusive pick-by-pick analysis from NFL.com’s experts; exclusive interactive features, including “Fan War Rooms” where fans can discuss their favorite team’s picks, an aggre- gation of tweets and predictor tool enabling fans to follow the Draft conversation happening on Twitter; and polls on the NFL’s Facebook page; NFL.com’s LIVE coverage complementing NFL Network’s telecast with live look-ins, exclusive analysis and reports from New York in primetime on Thursday and Friday, plus all day on Saturday; and in- depth coverage from each team website. In addition, “NFL Mobile only from Verizon” will have extensive coverage lead ing up to and during the 2011 NFL Draft including a live stream of NFL Network and its 2011 NFL Draft coverage, a live draft tracker and draft pick analysis from NFL experts, and the first mobile “Fan War Rooms” integrated with those of NFL.com. 2011 NFL Draft April 28-30, 2011

2011 SCHEDULE Preseason Day Date Opponent Time (PT) TV Thursday Aug. 11 at San Diego Chargers 5:00 p.m. ESPN Saturday Aug. 20 TBD KING 5 Saturday Aug. 27 at Denver Broncos TBD KING 5 Friday Sept. 2 Oakland Raiders TBD KING 5

Regular Season Day Date Opponent Time (PT) TV Sunday Sept. 11 at 1:15 p.m. FOX Sunday Sept. 18 at 10:00 a.m. FOX Sunday Sept. 25 1:15 p.m. FOX Sunday Oct. 2 1:05 p.m. FOX Sunday Oct. 9 at N.Y. Giants 10:00 a.m. FOX Sunday Oct. 16 Bye Week Sunday Oct. 23 at 10:00 a.m. FOX Sunday Oct. 30 1:15 p.m. CBS Sunday Nov. 6 at 10:00 a.m. FOX Sunday Nov. 13 1:05 p.m. CBS Sunday Nov. 20 at St. Louis Rams 1:05 p.m. FOX Sunday Nov. 27 Washington Redskins 1:05 p.m. FOX Thursday Dec. 1 5:20 p.m. NFLN Monday Dec. 12 St. Louis Rams 5:30 p.m. ESPN Sunday Dec. 18 at 10:00 a.m. FOX Saturday Dec. 24 San Francisco 49ers 1:15 p.m. FOX Sunday Jan. 1, 2012 at Arizona Cardinals 1:15 p.m. FOX