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Seahawks select the other Michigan wide receiver: Amara Darboh

Many reliable mock drafts linked the Seattle Seahawks to a University of Michigan wideout with roots in Africa, but while Jehu Chesson remains on the board at the end of the third round Friday night, Seattle opted with the fourth of its third round bounty to select the Wolverines’ Amara Darboh (originally from the ravaged country of Sierra Leone).

As SB Nation’s Christian D’Andrea points out, Darboh is a versatile talent, almost more along the lines of the Seahawks’ C.J. Prosise than a traditional wide receiver like Chesson, with the ability to make plays both downfield and from the line of scrimmage: “He’s also a solid runner who is able to turn simple receiver screens into big gains downfield — though he struggles to break free from more accomplished tacklers.