Seattle doesn’t appear to have an immediate need at off ball linebacker, but that isn’t stopping them from looking into one of the top prospects at the position.
With the 2025 NFL Draft rapidly approaching, the Seattle Seahawks do not appear to have an immediate need at the off ball linebacker position, having prevented Ernest Jones from departing in free agency and Tyrice Knight showing flashes as a rookie during 2024.
However, that apparently did not prevent head coach Mike Macdonald and general manager John Schneider from taking a long look this week at one of the top off ball linebackers available next week, according to a report from Corbin Smith of Emerald City Spectrum.
Alabama linebacker Jihaad Campbell visited with the #Seahawks this week, per a source.
— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) April 15, 2025
Linebacker is a position where Schneider has not hesitated to pull the trigger early, having selected Jordyn Brooks in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, though Brooks and future Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner are the only off ball linebackers the Seahawks have drafted in the first two round during his tenure.
Like several recent first round picks of the Hawks, Jihaad Campbell is very young, having played the entirety of the 2024 season at just 20 years of age and will enter the NFL as a 21-year old rookie. In spite of his youth, Campbell finished the 2024 season third in the SEC in tackles with 118, while adding five sacks and 20 pressures as a pass rusher.