Seahawks draft 3 in 7th round, including ex-Oregon State RB

The Seattle Seahawks capped their 2025 NFL Draft with a trio of picks in the seventh round on Saturday.

2025 Seattle Seahawks Draft Breakdown: A look at all 11 picks

Seattle took Miami running back Damien Martinez with the No. 223 overall pick, Iowa offensive lineman Mason Richman at pick No. 234 and UNLV wide receiver Ricky White III at No. 238.

Here’s a look at all three players:

• Round 7, pick No. 223: Damien Martinez, RB, Miami

The 6-foot, 217-pound Martinez is a big-bodied back who rushed for 3,169 yards, 6.2 yards per carry and 26 touchdowns over a three-year college career at Oregon State and Miami.

Martinez spent his first two seasons at Oregon State, where he ran for a combined 2,167 yards and 16 TDs in 2022 and 2023. He was the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2022 and was a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection with the Beavers.

Martinez then transferred to Miami, where he had another productive season in 2024. He ran for 1,002 yards and 10 TDs with the Hurricanes, while averaging 6.3 yards per carry. He also had 17 catches for 2024 yards.

Martinez averaged 4.51 yards after contact per carry this past season, according to Pro Football Focus. That ranked fifth in the FBS among running backs with at least 100 carries.

Martinez, a native of Lewisville, Texas, was ranked by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. as the No. 14 running back in this year’s draft class.

Martinez joins a running back room in Seattle that includes Kenneth Walker III, Zach Charbonnet and Kenny McIntosh. Walker is entering the final year of his rookie deal.

Here’s what NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wrote in his scouting report for Martinez:

Productive three-year starter with an impressive blend of power, dexterity and decisiveness. First and foremost, Martinez is truly a “big back” who proves he can find yards after contact on most carries. He lacks speed to win outside but does a nice job creating alternate routes using vision and agility when it’s congested inside. Despite a lack of breakaway speed, Martinez averaged 6.2 yards per carry on 514 career totes. He can catch passes here and there but could be best dialed in as a complementary banger capable of taking on the lion’s share of the carries if needed.

• Round 7, pick No. 234: Mason Richman, OL, Iowa

The 6-foot-6, 312-pound Richman started 52 games at left tackle as a four-year starter at Iowa, including 43 consecutive starts dating back to his freshman year. Though he played left tackle for the Hawkeyes, he was listed by Seattle as a guard.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Richman was the third offensive lineman taken by the Seahawks in this year’s draft. They drafted North Dakota State interior offensive lineman Grey Zabel with their first-round pick and Kansas offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue with their sixth-round pick.

• Round 7, pick No. 238: Ricky White III, WR, UNLV

The 6-foot-1, 184-pound White put up big numbers at UNLV over the past two seasons.

In 2023, White was named a third-team All-American after recording 88 catches for a school-record 1,483 yards and eight touchdowns. He ranked third in the FBS in receiving yards that year, trailing only 2024 top-10 draft picks Rome Odunze and Malik Nabers.

In 2024, White had 79 receptions for 1,041 yards and 11 TDs. He also was named the Mountain West special teams player of the year after leading the FBS with four blocked punts.

White, who spent two seasons at Michigan State before transferring to UNLV, totaled 3,143 receiving yards and 23 TD catches over his three years with the Rebels. He was a first-team All-Mountain West selection each of the past two seasons.

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A native of Marietta, Georgia, White was ranked by Kiper as the No. 26 wide receiver in this year’s draft class.

White was the second receiver taken by Seattle in this year’s draft, along with Colorado State’s Tory Horton in the fifth round.

Here’s what NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wrote in his scouting report for White:

Productive inside/outside receiver with good instincts but below-average play strength. He’s too easily knocked around and needs to play with better care for eluding trouble inside the route. White is smooth in space with an easy stride but won’t light it up with separation speed – though he does have a feel for positioning and adjustments to create late catch space. A lack of size and catch strength will become exacerbated on the pro level, so refining his route-running as a slot option is a must. His lack of traits and explosiveness could overshadow the production and punch his ticket as an average NFL backup.

The Seahawks acquired the No. 238 pick as part of a trade earlier in the day with the New England Patriots. Seattle moved back seven spots from No. 137 in the fourth round to No. 144 in the fifth round to add the extra seventh-round pick.

Seattle Seahawks 2025 NFL Draft picks

• Seahawks draft North Dakota State OL Grey Zabel at No. 18
• Seahawks trade up to draft South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori
• Seahawks draft Miami TE Elijah Arroyo at No. 50
• Seahawks draft Alabama QB Jalen Milroe at No. 92
• Seahawks draft Notre Dame DT Rylie Mills in fifth round
• Seahawks draft Colorado State WR Tory Horton in fifth round
• Seahawks draft Alabama tight end Robbie Ouzts, list him as fullback
• Seahawks draft Kansas OL Bryce Cabeldue in the sixth round
• Seattle Seahawks draft three in seveth round, including ex-Oregon State RB

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