Well, has the celebration stopped in Seattle following the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win a couple of months back?

With the NFL Draft kicking off later this evening, the reigning champs (or at least their front office) set their sights on joining an esteemed list of teams to repeat as title winners. The journey begins with the first round and the No. 32 pick of round one, but what Seattle does with that selection should prove intriguing. Do the Seahawks take a cornerback to pair with Devon Witherspoon and Josh Jobe? Will it be a halfback to replace Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, who departed for Kansas City via free agency?

Here are the details you need to know about the Seahawks’ draft capital before they’re on the clock this Thursday, plus a prediction and pick for the first round.

Seattle Seahawks 2026 NFL Draft picks

• Round 1 — 32nd overall
• Round 2 — 64th overall
• Round 3 — 96th overall
• Round 6 — 188th overall

Seattle Seahawks team needs

After winning a Super Bowl, well, it should be obvious that Seattle has a title-caliber roster. Jaxon Smith-Njijba is a superstar, the surrounding receiving weapons and offensive line were enough to get the job done, and Sam Darnold surpassed all expectations to lead one of the NFL’s most effective attacks. Playing such a run-heavy style does cause a little bit of worry since Walker III departed and Zach Charbonnet continues to rehab a torn ACL suffered during the playoffs, but there are avenues to improvement in that regard.

We don’t even really have to dive in with this defense, which was even better than the Seahawks’ offense last season. A fearsome front seven returns Leonard Williams, Demarcus Lawrence, Byron Murphy, Ernest Jones and more. The aforementioned Devon Witherspoon and Julian Love are still in the secondary with Josh Jobe and Nick Emmanwori, the latter of whom should only improve in his second season. Are there clear holes on this unit? Not particularly.

That’s exactly what makes Seattle’s draft situation all the more interesting.

The Seahawks have only four picks in this class, the fewest of any team. Trading their other selections away clearly worked out in the end since banners hang forever, but there’s something to be said about a winner reloading in the offseason, especially with value contracts. Thankfully, they maintain control over their first three rounds of choices, so they aren’t likely to miss out on higher-end talent. Still, GM John Schneider’s quote from earlier this week stands out:

“It’s no secret with us. We have four picks, so we’ll be looking to move back.”

Expect plenty of wheeling and dealing from this front office in the early rounds as the Seahawks’ brass attempts to add some extra assets via trading back. They probably won’t pick in the first round (though anything is possible), so it’s probably best to look later for a projection.

With that in mind, there are names who stand out. The biggest hole on this roster as things currently stand is at halfback given Charbonnet’s injury. He’s likely to miss the first few weeks because of how late in the campaign his injury occurred, and while the team signed former Green Bay Packer Emmanuel Wilson in free agency, he’s not the kind of talent you want to depend on as a regular contributor if competing for a title in a loaded division as well. It seems like a natural fit for the team to look for a running back with its earlier selections whether that be in the second or third round.

Jeremiyah Love will surely be long gone from the draft board by the time Seattle lands on the clock, but there are other names who could earn a spot in this backfield. Notre Dame product Jadarian Price is likely to be the second back off the board with his projection sitting somewhere around the very late first through the second round, though big-bodied Arkansas runner Mike Washington Jr. is also likely to go somewhere in the second-to-third round as well. Either of them would make a lot of sense as a complement to Charbonnet, especially since the latter is unlikely to be at full strength throughout the full season. The Seahawks could go cornerback instead, but they’ll very likely have their pick of any non-Love halfback and we know just how important the run game is to their approach.

Prediction: Seahawks use their first selection on running back (+330)