The Seattle Seahawks, just like the rest of the NFL, are forced to hold their pre draft ‘visits’ with draft-eligible prospects via video conference, thanks to the global pandemic sweeping the country.
While it’s by no means the ideal way to get a sense of a player’s ability to help your team, it at least allows teams to meet players face-to-face, so to speak, and to ask their questions.
The lack of in-person meetings has made it harder to surmise which prospects the Seahawks have actually interacted with, and with just 16 days until the NFL draft the team has managed to keep most of their video conference calls a secret.
One call that we do know the Seahawks made is with Utah defensive tackle Leki Fotu, who has now had calls with 17 teams, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle.
Utah DT Leki Fotu @LekiFotu video conferences-calls with 17 teams, including Texans, Eagles, Dolphins, Chargers,Bears, Seahawks, Titans, Packers; and he visited Eagles prior to NFL directive halting those due to health crisis @Utah_Football #NFLDraft2020 https://t.co/R1aRZ9FRSP
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 7, 2020
The Seahawks are no strangers to snagging defensive players from the University of Utah, drafting both Marquise Blair and Cody Barton last year.
Fotu is a good fit for Carroll’s 4-3 defensive front, with most scouts believing his best chance of success in the NFL will be as a two-gap nose tackle.
Fotu isn’t much of a pass rusher, but Seattle needs more interior defensive linemen and adding Fotu in the middle round could be just what they need up front.
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