A new filing in the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania revealed that the sentencing hearing for former Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks, now a free agent, has been postponed yet again.
A new date has been scheduled for October 14, 2020, over two years after he initially plead guilty to insider trading in September of 2018, right before signing with the Seahawks.
Kendricks ended up appearing in 18 games for the Seahawks over the last two years, primarily lining up at SAM linebacker and racking up 90 combined tackles, five passes defended and five sacks.
He missed most of 2018 with a suspension and a knee injury, and he tore his ACL near the very end of the 2019 season and is currently rehabbing while he looks for his next NFL job.
A sentencing hearing scheduled right in the middle of the season likely won’t help him land a new job, but considering his hearing has been postponed a handful of times now, it seems entirely possible he will be able to suit up for the entire 2020 season – assuming he is able to stay healthy and the season is able to continue as scheduled with the current state of the world.
Seattle is almost certainly not going to bring Kendricks back after drafting Cody Barton in 2019 and Jordyn Brooks in the first round of 2020, two players who are expected to compete for the SAM linebacker position this year.
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