{"id":506895,"date":"2026-03-06T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506895\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:28:10","slug":"source-seahawks-keeping-lb-drake-thomas-on-2-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506895\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: Seahawks keeping LB Drake Thomas on 2-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brady HendersonMar 5, 2026, 06:07 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

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The champion Seattle Seahawks<\/a> took a step toward keeping their Super Bowl roster together Thursday by reaching an agreement with inside linebacker Drake Thomas<\/a> on a two-year, $8 million contract, a source confirmed to ESPN.<\/p>\n

The deal can be worth up to $9 million.<\/p>\n

Thomas, 26, was set to become a restricted free agent. In lieu of a one-year tender, the Seahawks will now have an emerging player in their top-ranked scoring defense signed through 2027.<\/p>\n

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Thomas rose from an undrafted free agent in 2023 to a starter and playmaker in 2025, winning the weakside linebacker job outright after sharing time early in the season with Tyrice Knight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 17 regular-season games, Thomas recorded 96 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, an interception and eight passes defensed. His interception — the first of his career — came in Week 18 against the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, a game Seattle won 13-3 to claim the NFC West title and the conference’s No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

Thomas made 18 more tackles, including one for loss, in Seattle’s three playoff games.<\/p>\n

After going undrafted out of North Carolina State, Thomas was initially signed by the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>, who waived him before the 2023 season. He was claimed by the Seahawks and suffered a season-ending knee injury that November. Thomas played in all 17 games in 2024 and led Seattle in special teams snaps.<\/p>\n

The NFL Network first reported Seattle’s agreement with Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady HendersonMar 5, 2026, 06:07 PM ET CloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-506895","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\/506895","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=506895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}