Luke Willson returns to Seahawks, likely to play soon

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Luke Willson was about to get on a flight Tuesday for another tryout and another shot at landing an NFL job.

He was at the San Francisco airport waiting to board when he got word from his agent that his destination was changing.

"So I walked over two terminals and flew to Seattle instead," Willson said Wednesday.

The Seahawks brought the popular tight end back because of a need at the position. Seattle traded tight end Nick Vannett to Pittsburgh in exchange for a fifth-round pick and the Seahawks didn't feel they had a player on their practice squad who could do what they needed with Vannett gone.

Willson is essentially a plug-and-play replacement and is likely to get…