RENTON, Wash. -- For the first time in his NFL career, running back Rashaad Penny began training camp as the Seattle Seahawks' projected starter.
It didn't happen as a rookie in 2018, when Chris Carson returned from his broken leg and reclaimed the job, even though the Seahawks had just drafted Penny No. 27 overall. It didn't happen in any of the next three seasons, as Carson entrenched himself as Seattle's lead back while Penny was sidelined by one injury after another, including a torn ACL in December 2019 that shelved him for almost all of 2020.