Draft prospect complained Seahawks' pre-draft visit was running too long directly to Seattle's GM

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The Seattle Seahawks just won Super Bowl 60 and have a fantastic roster coming out of the 2026 NFL Draft. They took a ton of talented players to help fill the holes of some departing veterans.

Their pre-draft process wound up working out nicely, as they found prospects they could trust with their limited supply of picks. But not all of their pre-draft visits went well.

According to Brady Henderson of ESPN, Seahawks general manager John Schneider revealed a wild story that one prospect accidentally complained about their pre-draft meeting with Seattle running to long right to Schneider's face.

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"Schneider told a story about one player who openly bemoaned that his time at Seahawks headquarters had run longer than scheduled," Henderson writes. "Having apparently not done much homework on the organization, he thought he was complaining to a staffer. He had no idea it was actually the general manager."

The Seahawks view these pre-draft visits as a great opportunity to meet prospects in-person, and the successful meeting with Bud Clark, whom they took with the 64th pick in the draft, was proof of those meetings bearing fruit.