{"id":18169,"date":"2025-07-18T05:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18169\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:29:04","slug":"source-seahawks-2nd-round-pick-nick-emmanwori-reaches-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18169\/","title":{"rendered":"Source — Seahawks 2nd-round pick Nick Emmanwori reaches deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brady HendersonJul 17, 2025, 11:01 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM.<\/p>\n

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> and rookie safety Nick Emmanwori<\/a> reached an agreement Thursday night on a fully guaranteed contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Emmanwori had been among the more than two dozen second-round picks who remained unsigned, a logjam that began when the Houston Texans<\/a> made the unprecedented move of guaranteeing the entire rookie contract of receiver Jayden Higgins<\/a>, the 34th overall selection. Linebacker Carson Schwesinger<\/a>, drafted at the top of the second round, also got his deal fully guaranteed by the Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Emmanwori becomes the first player in NFL history drafted 35th overall to receive a fully guaranteed rookie contract, according to Schefter. Last year’s 35th pick, wide receiver Ladd McConkey<\/a>, got roughly 92% of his rookie deal guaranteed, according to OverTheCap.com.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks traded up 17 spots to select Emmanwori, a three-year starter at South Carolina<\/a> who lit up the scouting combine with a 4.38 40-yard dash and a 43-inch vertical jump. Seattle plans to use him at nickelback in 2025, with Julian Love<\/a> and Coby Bryant<\/a> remaining in place as their starting safeties.<\/p>\n

Tight end Elijah Arroyo<\/a>, drafted 50th overall by Seattle, is among the remaining unsigned second-rounders. Seahawks rookies reported to training camp on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady HendersonJul 17, 2025, 11:01 PM ET CloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-18169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}