Stacy Rost: 3 Seahawks we’re watching close in training camp

The Seattle Seahawks report to training camp Saturday, and there are three players we’re tracking closely this summer.

Three big questions Seattle Seahawks face as training camp begins

Here’s a closer look.

RB Jadarian Price

The most obvious of the bunch. Running back is Seattle’s single greatest question heading into the season. General manager John Schneider and head coach Mike Macdonald have sung the praises of 2025 third-stringer George Holani and also made a move this offseason to add depth with ex-Packers RB Emmanuel Wilson. But Ken Walker led the running back room last year in yards (1,027) and forced a missed tackle rate of 30.2%, the third-most in football.

Without Walker’s production and evasiveness — and with Zach Charbonnet set to miss time coming back from a torn ACL — there’s plenty of intrigue but very little experience in that room. The Seahawks knew that heading into the draft, which is why they selected Price at No. 32 overall.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman joined us on Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy back in April to rave about his former halfback.

“He’s a complete running back,” Freeman said. “You see his ability to make explosive plays. His ability to get east and west and then vertical is as fast as anybody I’ve ever seen. He can truly outrun a defense horizontally and then vertically at the drop of a dime.”

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— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) May 2, 2026

LB Dante Fowler Jr.

This one was a pick of my co-host, Seahawks Radio Network analyst and former NFL wide receiver Michael Bumpus. Fowler, who will turn 32 next month, signed in free agency in May. He had three sacks last season for Dallas but isn’t far removed from making 10.5 sacks for Washington in 2024.

“Can he drink from the same fountain of youth as DeMarcus Lawrence?” Bump said, “and just be disciplined on the edge? If so, the defensive line can build off what they did last year. Which is saying something for a group that was that special.”

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— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) May 13, 2026

Lawrence was one of two older veteran additions last season, including Cooper Kupp on offense, where the assumption was their value would be predominantly in their veteran leadership. Wrong. Kupp didn’t give Seattle 1,000 yards but he was second in receiving behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Lawrence wreaked havoc for a defensive line and finished fourth on the team in sacks.

WR Rashid Shaheed

Smith-Njigba accounted for a 36% target share from quarterback Sam Darnold in 2025. That wasn’t just the highest of any Seahawk; it was the most for any receiver since 2012. There’s no reason to think JSN won’t look like an All-Pro again this season, but you could be forgiven for wondering if that target share would fly again.

The Seahawks’ acquisition of Shaheed during last year’s midseason trade deadline was a massive boost for the return game, but he never felt quite fully integrated into the offense as a second target for Darnold. Does that change this year?

Rashid Shaheed showing that SPEED

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