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Seahawks honor late Cortez Kennedy with NFL helmet decal

The Seahawks will carry a little bit of All-Pro defensive lineman Cortez Kennedy with them for every game of the 2017 NFL season.

The organziation announced Friday just shortly before its open-to-the-public OTA workout that each player will wear a “96” decal on the back of his helmet to honor the former Seattle first-round pick, who unexpectedly died May 23 in Orlando, Florida at the age of 48.

We will honor Seahawks Legend Cortez Kennedy with a '96' decal throughout the 2017 season.

| https://t.co/sykO4MkOAv pic.twitter.com/EfYPCDqZZT— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) June 2, 2017

The decal will be placed in the lower left corner just above the “Seattle” name plate.