The Seattle Seahawks are making more moves at the running back position, and this signing involves a practice squad poach.
Jordan Schultz reported on Monday that undrafted rookie Robert Henry Jr, who’s been on the Washington Commanders practice squad all season, is joining the Seahawks active roster. We won’t have any official transactions announced until Tuesday, so a corresponding move will have to be made to get Henry on the team.
Henry was a first-team All-American Conference back at UTSA, the same school where Riq Woolen starred, rushing for 1,045 yards and nine touchdowns on just 151 carries. He totaled over 2,300 yards and scored 30 total touchdowns between rushing and receiving.
At 5’9 and 196 pounds, Henry is on the smaller side for a running back and he’s not a burner with his 4.52s 40-yard dash, but he’s still a running back and Seattle only has two career RBs on the active roster. It’s reasonable to think that if Henry is on the active roster, Velus Jones Jr would be cut and subsequently re-signed to the practice squad, as he does not have to clear waivers. He’d also get three new elevations by returning to the PS.
Seattle also intends to sign Joe Mixon to the practice squad, so with Jadarian Price on injured reserve and Zach Charbonnet not back for Week 5 against the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle seemingly has two other options at its disposal to handle the next couple of weeks.
