No trade. Top need met: Seahawks pick Notre Dame runner Jaradian Price round 1

Jadarian Price (24) of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs the ball for a touchdown against the Syracuse Orange during the first quarter at Notre Dame Stadium on November 22, 2025 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

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Trades galore right in front of Seattle

There were eight trades in the first round. Seahawks general manager John Schneider watched six of them happen right in front of Seattle’s spot, between the 20th and 31st selections. San Francisco and Buffalo traded completely out of the first round, directly in front of the Seahawks at 30 and 31, respectively.

The conditions most presumed the Seahawks would best be able to trade back and out of round one evaporated about 90 minutes into the draft. The division-rival Los Angeles Rams, at 13 picking 19 spots ahead of Seattle’s place, selected Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. The second quarterback taken in this draft, after Fernando Mendoza went first overall to the Raiders Thursday, Simpson will be the eventual heir to 38-year-old Matthew Stafford as coach Sean McVay’s quarterback in L.A.

That pick was far higher than most of the league expected Simpson to go. Many felt he would be on the board at 32, and that a quarterback-needy team such as Arizona (which released seven-year starting QB Kyler Murray last month) would be enticed to trade up with the Seahawks to 32 to get the final pick of the first round and the fifth-year contract option on the quarterback.

Simpson going that early made Schneider’s task to find trading partners with whom to move down more extensive. The New York Jets had the 33th pick in the draft immediately behind Seattle, the first pick of Friday’s second round. The Jets traded up ahead of the Seahawks to 30th overall Thursday night, obtaining San Francisco’s first-round pick.

*****That and only one top cornerback going among the first two dozen selections Thursday conspired the GM and Seattle to keep their pick at 32*****. ***This is just the third year over 17 drafts with Schneider in charge the Seahawks did not make a trade of some kind involving their first-round pick.