The Seahawks have brought back a popular name from the past to fill out the team’s secondary — DeShawn Shead, who was a member of Seattle’s 2013 Super Bowl title team and spent six years with the team before spending last season in Detroit.
Seattle also signed linebacker 5-11, 224-pound linebacker Jawuan Johnson of TCU, who had been a tryout player in the team’s rookie minicamp last May.
To make room on the 90-man roster Seattle placed linebacker Emmanuel Ellerbee on Injured Reserve and waived receiver Caleb Scott with the non-football injury designation.
Shead, who turned 30 on June 28, was an unrestricted free agent and working out in the Seattle area and had a recent workout with the Saints before meeting with the Seahawks on Friday.