The prodigal son returned home. After two years away, Jarran Reed signed back with the Seattle Seahawks — the franchise that originally drafted him back in 2016. 

Reed spoke with the Seattle media and explained that even though he was gone for two years, he’s ready for the Seahawks’ new, and hopefully improved, defense. 

And the comfort level in Seattle's system is only growing because Reed is reunited with defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt, who coached him for four years in Seattle.

“Clint is a great coach and an even greater person,” Reed said. “When you build that relationship with somebody, somebody who helps you grow as a person and a man, it’s hard to break that. Just being back with him is just another plus, being back with the guys who helped shape me into the football player that I am in the league, it’s just a great feeling.”

As for scheme fit, Reed gave a glowing assessment of how he plans to fit right in with what Seattle hopes to do in 2023 defensively. 

“In Green Bay, we played a 3-4 defense, and I was a 3-technique, a big defensive end when needed,” Reed said. “I’m well equipped with playing in any type of scheme that it would be if we decide to change it up, play a 4-3 or go to a 3-4. I feel like, now, I fit in in any one of those.

“We played that system at Alabama as well, so I am very comfortable in it.”

Versatility is Reed's greatest virtue. And in Seattle, he is planning on doing more of that as he gets re-acquainted with the coach that helped define his career.