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NEWS RELEASE April 20, 2011 Seattle Seahawks 2011 NFL Draft 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 & Head Coach Pete Carroll 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. Arizona 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 cornerbacks, 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, Jacksonville Jaguars and Denver Broncos. 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. Philadelphia 10 6 0 3/8/10 Traded QB Seneca Wallace 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 Golden Tate). 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 Kentwan Balmer. 32. Green Bay 10 6 0 8/18/10 Traded DE Lawrence Jackson 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 Stacy Andrews. 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 Deion Branch 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 Steve Niehaus Notre Dame 2000 DT Chris Hovan Minnesota Boston Col. 1977 14 G Steve August Tulsa 2001 WR Freddie Mitchell Philadelphia UCLA 1978 9 DB Keith Simpson Memphis State 2002 DE Charles Grant New Orleans Georgia 1979 18 DT Manu Tuiasosopo UCLA 2003 DT William Joseph N.Y. Giants Miami 1980 10 DE Jacob Green Texas A&M 2004 DB Ahmad Carroll Green Bay Arkansas 1981 4 S Kenny Easley UCLA 2005 QB Jason Campbell Washington Auburn 1982 6 DE Jeff Bryant Clemson 2006 WR Santonio Holmes Pittsburgh Ohio State 1983 3 RB Curt Warner 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 Tim Tebow Denver Florida 1987 18 LB Tony Woods Pittsburgh 1988 1 LB Brian Bosworth Oklahoma D RAFTING THE F UTURE used in supplemental draft Learning from Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson, GM John 1989 15 T Andy Heck Notre Dame Schneider shares the philosophy of building a team through the 1990 3 DT Cortez Kennedy 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 Rick Mirer Notre Dame 2003 4. DT Red Bryant 1994 8 DT Sam Adams Texas A&M 1. CB Marcus Trufant 7a. RB Justin Forsett 1995 8 WR Joey Galloway Ohio State 2004 2009 3. T Sean Locklear 1. LB Aaron Curry 1996 21 T Pete Kendall Boston College 6. DT Craig Terrill 2. C Max Unger 1997 3 CB Shawn Springs Ohio State 2005 3. WR Deon Butler 6 T Walter Jones Florida State 1. C Chris Spencer 7. TE Cameron Morrah 1998 15 LB Anthony Simmons Clemson 2. LB Lofa Tatupu 2010 3b. LB Leroy Hill 1a. T Russell Okung 1999 22 DE Lamar King Saginaw Valley State 4. T Ray Willis 1b. S Earl Thomas 2000 19 RB Shaun Alexander Alabama 2006 2. WR Golden Tate 22 T Chris McIntosh Wisconsin 1. CB Kelly Jennings 4. CB Walter Thurmond 2001 9 WR Koren Robinson North Carolina State 7b. WR Ben Obomanu 5. S Kam Chancellor 17 G Steve Hutchinson Michigan 2007 6. TE Anthony McCoy 3. DT Brandon Mebane 7a. DE Dexter Davis 2002 28 TE Jerramy Stevens Washington 5. LB Will Herring 7b. TE Jameson Konz 2003 11 CB Marcus Trufant Washington State 2008 2004 23 DT Marcus Tubbs 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 Monday Night Football 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 National Football League Player Selection Meeting. Where: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York 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.