Seattle Seahawks schedule top-30 visit with safety Jerrick Reed II
The Seattle Seahawks scheduled a top-30 prospect visit with a star safety out of New Mexico, Jerrick Reed II.
It is clear the Seattle Seahawks are making the most of the NFL pre-draft process, scheduling top-30 visits with safeties Jordan Howden and Jammie Robinson.
But the Seahawks are not stopping there.
It turns out, Seattle is preparing for an additional top-30 visit with safety Jerrick Reed II out of New Mexico. The news was first reported by The Draft Network's Justin Melo.
Reed, a preseason All-Mountain West Conference selection last season, is listed at 5-foot-9 and 1/2”, 196 pounds with 31” arm length.
For a deeper understanding of who Reed is as a player, take a look at the breakdown from All Seahawks’ Corbin Smith:
"The former New Mexico standout enjoyed a stellar collegiate career, showing a nose for the football in coverage while registering seven interceptions and 14 pass breakups. While missed tackles were problematic at times, he also proved to be a playmaker against the run while seeing action in the box, at free safety, and in the slot, racking up 266 career tackles and 9.5 tackles for loss. Though he wasn’t invited to the NFL combine, he put on a show at his pro day workout running a 4.46 40-yard dash and posting a 38-inch vertical, which would have ranked in the top five for the position in Indianapolis. An athletic prospect with positional versatility, he could be a late round developmental candidate at safety or the slot."
Safety is a big area of concern for the Seahawks it appears. Already Seattle has signed safety Julian Love from the New York Giants. The organization has also looked at three other safeties during the pre-draft process.
Whatever the concern over safety may be, it is clear that Seattle is trying to be as thorough as possible ahead of the first draft it has had in a while with an early selection.
