Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks choose two DBs in 5th round

The Seattle Seahawks chose two defensive backs in the fifth round of the draft, picking cornerback Richard Sherman of Stanford with choice No. 154 followed by Appalachian State safety Mark Legree two picks later.

Richard Sherman, CB, Stanford
6-2 | 195
No. 154 overall

Sherman meshes with Seattle's desire to get bigger at cornerback.

He began his college career as a wide receiver, catching 81 passes before he had a medical redshirt in 2008. When he returned, he switched to defensive back. He intercepted two passes as a junior and four passes last season.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll has some familiarity with Sherman. It wasn't at cornerback, though. Sherman was a sophomore receiver in 2007 when he outleaped a quartet of Trojans for a 20-yard reception on 4th-and-20, a key play in Stanford's upset of Carroll's top-ranked USC team. Stanford entered that game as a 41-point underdog.

Mark Legree, FS, Appalachian State
6-0 | 211
No. 156 overall

Legree intercepted 22 passes in his career, and was a three-time All-American in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (which really should still be called Division I-AA so everyone knows what you're talking about).

Legree is the fourth player from Appalachian State to be chosen in the past four drafts. Corey Lynch -- the team's safety before Legree -- was a sixth-round pick of Cincinnati in 2008.

Legree intercepted at least one pass in three consecutive games last season.

Legree said Appalachian State was the only school to offer him a scholarship coming out of high school, and even then, the interest came only after a friend of his -- who was a student at Appalachian State -- passed his highlight tape along to the coaches.

Legree attended Pacelli Catholic High School in Columbus, Georgia, and had 28 students in his graduating class.

"I didn't have a good season until my senior year so no one really knew about me," Legree said of why he wasn't more highly recruited. "I guess it was just most teams already have their commitments set in."

So to go from there to an NFL pick? That was unthinkable for Legree back then.

"I never thought the NFL would happen," Legree said. "I just wanted to play college football for four more years and go to school for free. I'm just blessed. I never thought this would happen."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawksblog/2014920401_seahawks_5th-ro.html


Seattle drafts Clemson CB Byron Maxwell in 6th

RENTON, Wash. —

The Seattle Seahawks continued to address their secondary by drafting Clemson cornerback Byron Maxwell in the sixth round of the NFL draft on Saturday.

Maxwell was the second cornerback and third defensive back taken by the Seahawks on the final day of the draft.

Maxwell tied a school record by playing in 53 games at Clemson, but started only eight games, all of those coming in his final season. Maxwell had 48 tackles and two interceptions his senior season for the Tigers.

Maxwell also played extensively on special teams at Clemson and fits Seattle's framework of drafting larger defensive backs. Maxwell is 6-foot-1, 205 pounds.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014920556_apfbnnfldraftseahawksmaxwell.html


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