Round 2, Pick No. 59: Antoine Winfield, S, Minnesota
I’d be pretty surprised if Winfield is still around at No. 59 overall, considering how often he’s been mocked as a first round pick – frequently to Seattle – but this particular mock let him slip, and I know the Seahawks would love to add to their secondary with a player like him.
Winfield is a high-IQ safety with excellent physicality and recognition skills. A checkered injury history and a lack of overall length could be cause for concern, but Winfield can flat out play and is a good bet to outperform his projections.
Even though the team already has Quandre Diggs, Bradley McDougald and Marquise Blair patrolling the deep secondary, Winfield is a potentially very high-impact guy who could come in and start right away, or at least replace McDougald when he hits free agency after the 2020 season.
Round 2, Pick No. 64: Nick Harris, C, Washington
Harris, like a lot of UW prospects, saw his draft stock get hit a little by his performance at the combine. Although his 5.1 in the 40-yard dash wasn’t bad, his overall length and size are cause for concern, and some believe that his previous experience at guard won’t translate well into the NFL, and that he’s a center-only prospect.
However, Harris is a high-IQ, high-motor offensive lineman with great instincts and the leverage necessary to excel in the run game, which makes him a great fit for a Seahawks team that could be without all three of their starters on the interior offensive line if they release D.J. Fluker and Justin Britt to save cap space.
His draft stock probably won’t make him a surefire second round pick anymore, but Seattle could either use one of their comp picks to nab him later on, or could trade back to acquire more picks in the later round, banking on him still being around.
Harris would be a nice piece to develop alongside youngsters Phil Haynes and Jamarco Jones, and it’s not hard to imagine the trio forming part a very solid offensive line in the not-too-distant future.