Former NFL QB gives a strong proclamation regarding Seahawks' seventh-round pick
Seahawks seventh-round pick Kenny McIntosh could be an instant contributor to the offense. At least one former quarterback, Brock Huard thinks so.
Though the Seattle Seahawks already had a good running back on the roster, and they selected UCLA tailback Zach Charbonnet in the second round, it is Georgia running back Kenny McIntosh who could be a versatile threat within the team's offense.
McIntosh was Seattle's seventh-round selection. And though he was taken late in the 2023 NFL Draft, former NFL quarterback Brock Huard believes he's already showing enough versatility to be a legitimate contributor right away.
“McIntosh (at OTAs is) running wheel routes and different routes out of the backfield, and you just see that this guy is adept at receiving the ball,” Huard said on his radio show. “That’s not always what Pete, I think, asks of the scouting department. What he wants first and foremost is what they got in the second round the last two years, and that’s somebody that is going to gore you, someone, that just has a contact level that is violent. I mean, the Marshawn Lynches of the world. What he has looked for traditionally is some of that just straight physical presence, and they’ve drafted to that.”
As it looks, the Seahawks are attempting to put McIntosh in familiar positions as to what he did in college.
As a senior in 2022, he rushed for 829 yards and 10 touchdowns on 149 attempts, but he also contributed in the pass-catching game with 505 yards and two scores he added on 43 receptions.
McIntosh makes versatility at the running back position look easy. And it is that versatility that could make Seattle's offense pop in 2023.
“You’re gonna be like, ‘Oh, wow.’ He makes it look really easy,” Huard said of McIntosh’s pass-catching ability. “Ken Walker is capable, Charbonnet is capable (as a receiver)… This guy is fluent. … He and (Kansas State star and Dallas Cowboys rookie) Deuce Vaughn were the only ones in college football with 500 (yards) rushing, and 500 receiving, and it’s not one of those, ‘Oh, there’s a lot of check downs.’ No, no, he’s running routes and making it look easy.”
