With DeShawn Shead likely facing a long recovery for his ACL injury suffered late in the playoffs, the Seattle Seahawks find themselves without any sure thing starting at outside cornerback opposite Richard Sherman headed into 2017. That need, combined with a crop of defensive back prospects considered deep enough for the Seahawks to target an immediate-starter candidate at the 26th selection, suggests Seattle might nab someone like Clemson’s Cordrea Tankersley or Washington’s Kevin King according to two recent projections.
However, as Kenneth Arthur reminded us after Mel Kiper, Jr., mocked Tankersley to the Seahawks, the Seattle organization has never drafted a cornerback higher than the fourth round under John Schneider.