{"id":456407,"date":"2026-02-05T23:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456407\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:05:12","slug":"seahawks-rookie-safety-nick-emmanwori-expects-to-play-in-super-bowl-after-injuring-ankle-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456407\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori expects to play in Super Bowl after injuring ankle in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori<\/a> expects to play in the Super Bowl despite injuring his ankle during Wednesday\u2019s practice at San Jose State University as Seattle prepares to face New England. <\/p>\n

Emmanwori said Thursday he was defending a pass on a routine out route, and when he landed, he rolled his ankle on the grass. He walked off the field on his own, and Emmanwori said he expects to play on Sunday. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt just kind of caught me off guard,\u201d Emmanwori said. \u201cNobody really wants to get hurt or banged up during the Super Bowl week or any week like that. It just kind of caught me off guard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmanwori said he injured the same ankle as the one he banged up in Week 1 in a 17-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, but that this time, it isn\u2019t as severe. Upon waking up Thursday morning, Emmanwori said he was not sore. <\/p>\n

Coach Mike Macdonald referred to Emmanwori\u2019s injury as a low ankle sprain, and even joked with reporters in San Jose before addressing the rookie\u2019s health. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no way the first question\u2019s about Nick, is it?\u201d Macdonald said. \u201cJust rolled his ankle yesterday and has got a low ankle sprain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Macdonald said Emmanwori was expected to do the walkthrough portion of Thursday\u2019s practice, but was not confident if he was going to practice in any capacity. Even so, Macdonald said he fully expects Emmanwori to play. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing great, and moving around,\u201d Macdonald said. \u201cJust got to make sure we handle it the right way, and probably going to be overcareful and overcautious at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmanwori, a second-round draft pick, appeared in 14 games during the regular season and had 81 tackles, 2 1\/2 sacks, one interception and 11 pass breakups in the regular season. <\/p>\n

During the playoffs, Emmanwori has a fumble recovery and four passes defensed, including three in the NFC championship game.<\/p>\n

To prepare for Super Bowl 60, Emmanwori anticipates watching a lot of film to supplement any missed time on the practice field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing too serious to be even worried about,\u201d Emmanwori said. \u201cI definitely feel good and know myself and I\u2019ll be ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/p>\n

Andrew Destin, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori expects to play in the Super Bowl despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-456407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}