2026 Draft thread

[D-train]

I think JS feels pretty confident where he thinks he could get Price based on the needs of the clubs in that range of picks. Using a pick that high on a RB would indicate a pretty clear need. I also don't think he's really sweating it. He is confident in the backs he has as well as getting one after the draft possibly. I'm pretty much split on whether he'll bother grabbing Price there. I think it has as much to do with having one in the system as needing an immediate starter. I don't think you can draft him expecting him to start.

I'm going with Price really based on his makeup. He's a seahawk kind of player. It's as much about developing him as its needing a starter. Terms of the actual starter, they might come later. The Marshawn Lynch trade was just before training camp. You can find guys.

Stanton had a piece where he graded Price and Coleman just about even. Coleman could be a target, get him day three or four

In his last 10 games (basically B10 play) Coleman averaged 47 yards a game on 12 carries. Less than 4 ypc. If Staton thinks he is about equal to Price he is a fucking idiot. And I am a biased Husky.

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[Donn Beach]

Here's the Stanton piece, he uses 2024, Coleman was wearing a brace 2025. It's interesting though, it's more trying to isolate the player, eliminate the other factors

We’ve been digging around the analytics at running back to see if it offers any clues about what the Seahawks might do in the draft. Today I want to focus on missed tackles forced and show some clips to emphasise the points made.

Firstly, a quick recap.

Here are the explosive run rates for the 2026 draft class. An explosive run is 10 yards or more. The average of all running backs drafted in the last 10 yards is 16%.

Note, in all of these categories I am going to include Jonah Coleman’s 2024 data. I’ve spoken to sources at Washington and understand he was hampered by wearing a brace in 2025. The tape the previous year is said to be a far better reflection of what he is as a player.

Jadarian Price – 21.2%
Jonah Coleman (2024) 19.8%
Jeremiyah Love – 19.6%
Mike Washington – 18%
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Emmett Johnson – 14.3%
Kaytron Allen – 14.3%
Kaelon Black – 14%
Jonah Coleman (2025) – 12.7%
Roman Hemby – 11.3%
Nick Singleton – 9.7%
J’Mari Taylor – 9.5%

I’ve separated the four running backs at the top because they all reached an above average percentage.

All of the running backs selected by John Schneider in the first two rounds had above average explosive run rates during their final college seasons (there’s no access to data for Christine Michael):

Zach Charbonnet – 22.7%
Rashaad Penny — 20%
Ken Walker – 17.6%


Schneider talked about the importance of yards after contact on his Seattle Sports radio show last week. Here’s how the same three drafted players faired for yards after contact per play in their final college seasons:

Rashaad Penny — 4.47
Ken Walker – 4.46
Zach Charbonnet – 4.15

All three scored very highly.

Here are the averages for the 2026 class:

Jeremiyah Love – 4.50
Jonah Coleman (2024) — 4.34
Jadarian Price – 3.95
Mike Washington Jr – 3.86
Kaytron Allen – 3.77
Jonah Coleman (2025) – 3.58
Noah Whittington – 3.51
Le’Veon Moss – 3.47
Rashul Faison – 3.47
Kaelon Black – 3.47
J’Mari Taylor – 3.39
Roman Hemby – 3.36
Adam Randall – 3.13
Chip Trayanum – 3.08
Demon Claiborne – 3.04
Emmett Johnson – 2.95
Seth McGowan – 2.72
Nicholas Singleton – 2.69
Jam Miller – 2.45

Once again, it’s the same four players at the top.

It’s no surprise that the Seahawks have shown interest in Coleman, have been consistently paired with Price in mocks and have had Washington Jr in for an official visit. They are the top three players on the list above, with the exception of top-10 lock Jeremiyah Love.

I now have some new data to share and discuss. Here are the yards after contact percentages for some select runners:

Jonah Coleman (2025) — 71%
Jadarian Price — 66%
Kaytron Allen — 63%
Adam Randall — 63%
Jeremiyah Love — 60%
Mike Washington Jr — 57%
Seth McGowan — 56%
Emmett Johnson — 51%

Again, note how high Coleman and Price are on the list.

Now here’s the EPA per rush for the same players:

Jeremiyah Love — 0.30
Jonah Coleman (2025) — 0.24
Kaytron Allen — 0.22
Jadarian Price — 0.13
Mike Washington Jr — 0.13
Emmett Johnson — 0.13
Seth McGowan — 0.11
Adam Randall — 0.06

Here are ‘elusiveness ratings’ for the group. This is a PFF statistic used to measure the success and impact of a running back independent of blocking:

Jonah Coleman (2024) — 153.4
Jeremiyah Love — 127.5
Jadarian Price — 118.6
Coleman Bennett (official-30 visit) — 112.2
Kaytron Allen — 102.6
Emmett Johnson — 88.3
Jonah Coleman (2025) — 85.7
Mike Washington Jr — 73.2
Demond Claiborne — 66.1
Roman Hemby — 62.6
Adam Randall — 61.0
Kaelon Black — 58.2
Seth McGowan — 51.8
Nicholas Singleton — 47.3
Chip Trayanum (official-30 visit) — 39.4
Jam Miller — 37.8

Coleman’s 2024 mark is so far ahead of anything else in the 2026 class — and it compares favourably to Walker’s final season at Michigan State. Here’s how Seattle’s three recent draftees faired:

Ken Walker — 145.9
Rashaad Penny — 129.7
Zach Charbonnet — 115.1

Finally let’s go to the missed tackles forced rate by every running back drafted by Schneider that we have data for:

Chris Carson – 37.3%
Ken Walker – 33.6%
Deejay Dallas — 31.3%
Rashaad Penny — 29.7%
Kenny McIntosh — 29.1%
CJ Prosise – 27.6%
Damien Martinez — 26.3%
Zach Charbonnet – 25.8%
Travis Homer — 17.7%

Here’s how they compare to the 2026 draft class:

Jonah Coleman (2024) — 34.9%
Jadarian Price — 28.3%
Jeremiyah Love — 28.1%
Emmett Johnson — 27.1%
Kaytron Allen — 27.1%
J’Mari Taylor — 24.8%
Rashul Faison — 24%
Jonah Coleman (2025) — 23.6%
Seth McGowan — 21.1%
Noah Whittington — 20.9%
Demond Claiborne — 20.7%
Mike Washington Jr — 20.4%
Adam Randall — 19%
Jam Miller — 16.9%
Roman Hemby — 16.1%
Kaelon Black — 16.1%
Le’Veon Moss — 15.6%
Nicholas Singleton — 15.3%
Chip Trayanum — 12.6%

Again, the two names at the very top are Coleman and Price. There is also some separation here between the two and Washington Jr, who is some way down the list for forcing missed tackles (as he is for the elusiveness ratings).

This very much shows up on tape.

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[D-train]

Edge Rusher Dante Fowler visits Hawks. 31 yo Edge Rusher 77.6 PFF rating.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seat ... er/1845950

[Donn Beach]

Stanton has them trading back and taking a safety first largely based on his makeup. Take coleman later

#40 Treydan Stukes (S, Arizona)
#64 Beau Stephens (G, Iowa)
#92 Jonah Coleman (RB, Washington)
#109 Ephesians Prysock (CB, Washington)
#143 Mason Reiger (EDGE, Wisconsin)

[D-train]

Its STATON with no N and I really don't care much what he has to say. He isn't going to get clicks by predicting obvious moves. Hawks took Grey Zabel in the 1st last year just like they should have. I doubt he predicted that.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

I'd be pissed if they took a safety with their first pick. The most upgradable starter on the team is Bradford and i have OG as the 3rd or 4th most pressing need because the O line as a whole is decent as is. They need to improve the outside pass rush first and foremost, then address the losses of Walker, Woolen and Bryant.

[D-train]

I'd be pissed if they took a safety with their first pick. The most upgradable starter on the team is Bradford and i have OG as the 3rd or 4th most pressing need because the O line as a whole is decent as is. They need to improve the outside pass rush first and foremost, then address the losses of Walker, Woolen and Bryant.

Yeah they aren't going to pick a damn safety first just like they aren't going to take a TE.

I think it should be RB, Edge, CB then Safety or WR.

[D-train]

Good piece here on some options.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seat ... ck/1846027

[Donn Beach]

OK then call Stukes a CB if it make you any happier. Hes an interesting target, and he is in fact the sort of player JS has focused on. He's a hybrid type, athletic, he's got a motor, he's supposedly been rising on boards. The knock against him is he's old, nearly 25.

Here's Huard on him
https://youtu.be/HbqdFn9M9ek?si=D6dVRUI1aqmRND3T