Seahawks President of Football Operations and General Manager John Schneider will preside over the team’s draft board for his 17th draft. There have been many shifts and evaluations on the NFL’s and Schneider’s process of overseeing a draft. One shift Schneider has observed over the years is how teams are more willing to trade with division opponents .
I don’t think teams areconcerned about whether they’re going to help another team or not help a team. We’ve talkedwithin our division. That was kind of frowned upon for a while. You don’t trade within yourdivision. Everybody in our division we would trade with. We have good relationships with allthree of those teams. You’re maneuvering around the board to try to help your team no matter what,” said Schneider.
” And so when you look at it through that lens, then you’re basically just not concerned about what does happen after is, like, when you get through the draft, you kind of sit down and lookat specific teams and be, like, oh, you got to be kidding me. They got that guy, that guy, that guy, that guy? Because when you are in it, you’re just constantly moving and shaking and strategizing and communicating with each other. When you take a step back afterward and grab a beer or a Coke or something — you’re just looking at the draft, and you are looking at those teams, especially like in your division,”
TIME BETWEEN FIRST ROUND PICKS CHANGED
Starting with this year’s draft, the time between first-round picks has been reduced from 10 minutes to 8 minutes. Schnieder was asked if the change would impact the Seahawks?
“No, I think you’re usually ahead anyway. You’re a couple of picks ahead,and so it’s just that time, that extra two minutes is not going to make a difference in terms oftrading, moving around, that sort of thing. You try to line stuff up. Really, you try to do it this week, but really, people get serious, you know, like Thursday, Thursday morning, just throughout the day, talking on the phone. You talk about trading up and trading down, all that?
EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THURSDAY’S DRAFT
91st Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting; Pittsburgh, Pa.
WHEN: 5:00 p.m. PT, Thursday, April 23 (Round 1).
4:00 p.m. PT, Friday, April 24 (Rounds 2-3).
9:00 a.m. PT, Saturday, April 25 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 7:30 p.m. PT. In 2025, the first round consumed three hours and 29 minutes.
The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 8 p.m. PT. The second and third rounds took a combined four hours and 12 minutes in 2025. The draft will conclude by approximately 4 p.m. PT on Saturday with the final four rounds.
Rounds four through seven took six hours and 57 minutes in 2025.
ROUNDS: There will be 257 selections, including 33 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 15 teams that either experienced
a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year or received special selections under a 2020 amendment to the League’s
Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA to promote equal employment opportunities and an inclusive workforce within NFL clubs.
TIME LIMITS: Round 1: Eight minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 6, including compensatory picks: Five minutes per selection. Round 7, including compensatory picks: Four minutes per selection.
TELEVISION & RADIO: The 2026 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and ESPN Radio.
MOBILE: Live NFL Network coverage of the 2026 NFL Draft is available across devices (smartphone, PC, tablet and connected TVs)
through the NFL app or NFL.com/watch for subscribers of participating NFL Network providers and on NFL+. For more information, go to NFL.com/nflnetwork.
SEAHAWKS HISTORIC DRAFT SELECTION BREAKDOWN
The Seahawks have made 146 draft choices since 2010:
Wide Receivers: 20 (three drafted in 2019)
Offensive Line: 31 (15 tackles, 14 guards, two centers)
Running Backs: 14 (11 drafted in the last nine years)
Fullbacks: 2 (Kiero Small, Robbie Ouzts)
Tight Ends: 8 (six drafted in the last nine years)
Quarterbacks: 3 (Russell Wilson, Alex McGough, Jalen Milroe)
Defensive Line: 25 (14 defensive ends, 11 defensive tackles)
Linebackers: 15 (nine drafted in the last seven years)
Defensive Backs: 27 (16 cornerbacks, 11 safeties)
Special Teams: 1 (P Michael Dickson in 2018)
* 37 of 38 Seattle draft picks from 2022-25 were on an NFL team’s
roster during Week 1 of 2025
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