It looks like Malik McDowell never will play a down for the NFL team that drafted him.
It's the latest twist in a sometimes bizarre path McDowell’s career has taken from the time he was a standout five-star prospect at Southfield High to his days at Michigan State and leading up to reports of his expected release from the Seattle Seahawks.
Reports surfaced on Monday — first from Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network — the Seahawks were planning to release the 35th overall pick from the 2017 draft after he missed all of last season because of a head injury suffered in an ATV accident in July back in Michigan.