The Seattle Seahawks were expected to add players along the defensive line, with the interior a priority over the edges. While they’ve yet to get an interior lineman in the 2023 NFL Draft, they did boost the pass rush a bit more by selecting Auburn’s Derick Hall with the No. 37 pick.
Hall recorded 19.5 sacks in his four seasons with the Tigers, earning All-SEC Second-Team honors in 2021, before upgrading to First-Team in 2022 on a squad that finished 5-7. He joins a young group of pass rushers on the Seahawks that includes Darrell Taylor, Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, Alton Robinson (who missed all of 2022 with injury), and Tyreke Smith (who didn’t play this rookie season due to injury).