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Seahawks expect RB Chris Carson will be ready for start of season

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll expects running back Chris Carson to make a full recovery from his hip injury by the start of the season.

The Seattle Seahawks took a number of hits to their run game in 2019, losing starter Chris Carson, Rashaad Penny and C.J. Prosise to season-ending injuries late in the year.

Carson suffered a minor hip fracture but is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of the season.

“Chris is doing really well,” coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday during his press conference at the scouting combine. “There’s not a lot Chris can do, so he hasn’t done very many things wrong. It’s an injury that just takes time. It’s serious in that it’s a hip but it’s not serious in that we know what is going to happen.”

Carroll said Carson has done everything he was supposed to do so far and the hope now is that he doesn’t “overdo” it and rush the process.

“We are counting on a full recovery and he should be ready to go,” Carroll said.

Running back Rashaad Penny, however, might not be so lucky and is likely a candidate for the PUP list as a result of his knee injury.

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Pete Carroll counting on Chris Carson to come ‘roaring back’ next year

Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson suffered a season-ending hip injury that fortunately doesn’t require surgery or rehab to repair.

The Seahawks suffered a number of injuries throughout the 2019 season but the running back position was hit particularly hard. Seattle lost three players late in the year, first Rashaad Penny, then starter Chris Carson and C.J. Prosise.

Coach Pete Carroll is hoping the backs can return sooner than later.

“We’re optimistic, more-so about Chris because Chris doesn’t have to do any rehab right now,” Carroll said Monday. “He’s not having surgery and all that. He’s just got to get through it and stay off it for a while. He’s a fantastic workout warrior. He’ll come roaring back.”

Carson’s season ended late in the year with a hip injury Week 16 against the Cardinals. Penny, however, sustained a torn ACL two weeks earlier and had to undergo surgery to repair his knee.

“I think Rashaad is challenged more because he’s got the full rehab that he’s got to go through,” Carroll explained. “He’s doing great. He’s ahead of schedule already. They’re really excited about the progress that he’s making. That’s a much longer prognosis there. He’s got six or seven months ahead of him that are going to be really challenging. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Seattle was able to sign former Seahawks running backs Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin to assist with the playoff run alongside rookie Travis Homer.

“We’ll be on the mend but it’s still a pretty good position right for us,” Carroll concluded. “Homer really helped us out with the playing time he got. A classic example, what does a guy have to do when he doesn’t need to play? Homer did. He showed us what he could do. I think it should be a strong group.

“We are really counting on Chris to come roaring back.”

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