Tag: Penny Hart

Pete Carroll says Penny Hart is ‘right in it’ competing for a roster spot

Coach Pete Carroll said that Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Penny Hart is “right in it” competing for a roster spot after minicamp.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Penny Hart is making a push to secure a spot on the 53-man roster, and so far, coach Pete Carroll likes what he sees.

“Penny made the team last year because you can count on him,” Carroll said during his press session to wrap up Seahawks minicamp. “You can count on him in a lot of ways — in running his routes right, knowing the offense, multiple positions, contributing on special teams, his toughness. The attitude is obvious, and he came out here this camp, these days we’ve had here, and probably had the best shot of making things happen.”

Hart originally signed with Seattle in 2019 as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia State. He appeared in 13 games last season, contributing mostly on special teams.

“So where is he in the competition?” Carroll continued. “He’s right in it. He made the club last year, we really can count on him. He can do a lot of things. He was really battling, and I was really fired up for him, we all were.

“He kind of lit it up out here.”

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Seahawks elevate receiver Penny Hart to active roster for Week 16

The Seattle Seahawks brought back Penny Hart and elevated him to the active roster in preparation for Week 16’s game against the Rams.

The Seattle Seahawks made a couple of roster moves on Saturday, including activating tight end Greg Olsen and defensive tackle Bryan Mone from injured reserve to the 53-man squad.

Also, in the wake of Josh Gordon being returned to the Exempt/Commissioner Permission list, the Seahawks brought wide receiver Penny Hart back to their practice squad and elevated him to the active roster in preparation for Week 16 against the Los Angeles Rams.

Never has a game been more crucial for Seattle in 2020, and Hart will hopefully make substantial contributions in Gordon’s stead. He has only registered one catch for three yards and one carry for 19 yards in 11 games, but he could see more playing time in this particular contest.

If the Seahawks win, they will claim victory over the NFC West and make Week 17 a possible rest game.

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Seahawks promote WR Penny Hart to active roster, waive John Ursua

The Seattle Seahawks promoted wide receiver Penny Hart from the practice squad to the active and roster and waived John Ursua to make room.

The Seattle Seahawks executed a couple of roster moves on Tuesday afternoon, promoting wide receiver Penny Hart from the practice squad to the active roster and waiving wide receiver John Ursua to make room.

Hart originally signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia State in 2019 but spent most of last season on the Seahawks’ practice squad.

He was waived on Saturday as part of the initial 53-man roster cuts but was added back to the practice squad on Monday.

Seattle is likely hoping Ursua will clear waivers so he can be signed back to the practice squad as well.

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Why Washington’s Aaron Fuller could make Seahawks roster

The Seattle Seahawks love their undersized, UDFA receivers, and Aaron Fuller has a little Jermaine Kearse and a lot of Doug Baldwin in him.

The Seattle Seahawks brought in a whopping 17 undrafted free agents from the 2020 class to compete for spots on the active roster.

Most years, teams are lucky to get one UDFA to make the squad, as they are primarily brought in to give the team extra bodies during training camp.

However, the Seahawks have had plenty of luck in the past, going all the way back to Dave Krieg, and including Jermaine Kearse, Doug Baldwin and more recently, defensive tackle Poona Ford.

Speaking of Kearse, the Seahawks are hoping another undrafted receiver out of the University of Washington, Aaron Fuller, will do enough during training camp to earn a spot on the team’s roster in 2020.

While Kearse is the obvious comparison thanks to their alma mater, Fuller actually drew a lot of comparisons to Baldwin, Seattle’s other prominent undrafted free agent receiver.

Baldwin was an unassuming, undersized slot receiver out ot Stanford who Seattle signed in 2011. He went on to haul in 493 receptions for 6,563 yards and 49 touchdowns in eight seasons with the Seahawks, retiring after the 2018 season after suffering a shoulder injury the previous year.

Fuller has some big shoes to fill that role, but at five-foot-ten and 190 pounds, and with excellent production in college and some of the best route-running skills in the NCAA coming out of UW, there’s plenty of reason for optimism.

Seattle already has their own mini-Baldwin on the roster, however, after using a seventh round pick to select John Ursua in 2019.

Ursua and Fuller are two of a handful of receivers competing for one of the final spots on Seattle’s 53-man roster, a list that includes David Moore, Penny Hart, Cody Thompson, Freddie Swain, and Seth Dawkins.

With Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf and Phillip Dorsett all seemingly locked into the top three receiving roles, there’s little room for error if Fuller wants to make the roster.

However, Moore is a potential cap casualty, and no one else has proven anything in the NFL – so if Fuller makes a strong impression in camp, there’s reason to believe he will be wearing the green and blue next year, and still donning the No. 2 he wore while with the Huskies.

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Seahawks sign 6 players to futures contracts for the 2020 season

The Seattle Seahawks announced the signing of six players who finished the season on the practice squad to reserve/future contracts.

The Seattle Seahawks dropped their divisional-round matchup to the Green Bay Packers to wrap up their 2019 campaign. With the season now in the books, the team is already looking ahead to next year, beginning to build the 90-man roster.

On Tuesday afternoon, Seattle announced the signing of six players to reserve/future contracts: cornerback Brian Allen, wide receivers Penny Hart and Cody Thompson, linebackers Sutton Smith and Pita Taumoepenu, and defensive end Shakir Soto.

All six players finished the season on the Seahawks’ practice squad.

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The Seahawks could be in the market for more help at wide receiver

Following injuries to Jaron Brown and Malik Turner, the Seattle Seahawks could look to add more depth at wide receiver before Sunday.

The Seattle Seahawks, in a manner of weeks, went from having too many receivers on the 53-man roster to just four healthy ones heading into their playoff battle with the Eagles in Philadelphia.

The loss of Josh Gordon to suspension and Jaron Brown to a knee injury sapped them of two veterans, and Malik Turner’s concussion looks likely to keep him out for the second week in a row, at least according to Pete Carroll.

“He’s recovering from concussion syndrome stuff,” Carroll said on Monday. “He’s got to make it back. I can’t tell you that he’s fully back yet.”

For now, Seattle has Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, David Moore and John Ursua as the only four receivers on the active roster. Does that mean Seattle will pursue veterans on the free agent market, like they did when they brought back Robert Turbin and Marshawn Lynch last week?

“We’re talking about it,” Carroll quipped. “We’re talking about it.”

The Seahawks reportedly made one addition, signing big receiver Jaylen Smith to the practice squad, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Smith was a teammate of Lamar Jackson’s at Louisville and again with the Ravens, but he has yet to appear in an NFL game.

Smith joins Penny Hart as receivers on Seattle’s practice squad, and either could be promoted to the active roster as the team’s No. 5 receiver if Seattle feels they are ready to contribute.

If Seattle chooses to look outside the organization, the most prominent free agent remains Antonio Brown. Brown recently worked out with the Saints, and Seattle is no stranger to bringing in players with questionable pasts (just look at Gordon and Mychal Kendricks) but Brown’s transgressions might too much for this team to take on – even if Russell Wilson did campaign for him earlier in the year.

That could leave Seattle perusing the XFL’s pool of talent, which could be a good match considering the bevy of former Seahawks who are currently planning to suit up for the new league in February.

Included on XFL rosters are former Seattle receivers Keenan Reynolds, Kasen Williams, Jazz Ferguson and Tanner McEvoy. Of the group, Reynolds and Ferguson both spent preseason with the Seahawks, and would be the most ready to come in and contribute right away thanks to their familiarity with the offense.

The XFL has been stringent on allowing players to break contract and re-join the NFL, but if Seattle is able to get Ferguson or Reynolds back it would give them added depth and someone who should be able to step onto the field and contribute on Sunday, if needed.

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