# List of Seattle Seahawks first-round draft picks

The Seattle Seahawks joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1976 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They participated in their first draft, the 1976 NFL draft and selected Steve Niehaus, a defensive tackle from Notre Dame. The team's most recent first-round selection was in 2024, which was the selection of Byron Murphy II, a defensive tackle.
Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
The Seahawks have never selected the number one overall pick in any draft, although they have selected the second overall pick twice, the third overall pick three times and the fourth overall pick twice. The team's three selections from Notre Dame are the most chosen by the Seahawks from one university.

## Key

| ^ | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| — | The Seahawks did not draft a player in the first round that year. |
| Year | Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft. |
| Pick | Indicates the number of the pick within the first round |
| Position | Indicates the position of the player in the NFL |
| College | The player's college football team |

## Player selections

Seattle Seahawks first-round draft picks :
| Year | Pick | Player name | Position | College |
| 1976 | 2 | Steve Niehaus | DT | Notre Dame |
| 1977 | 14 | Steve August | G | Tulsa |
| 1978 | 9 | Keith Simpson | DB | Memphis State |
| 1979 | 18 | Manu Tuiasosopo | DT | UCLA |
| 1980 | 10 | Jacob Green | DE | Texas A&M |
| 1981 | 4 | Kenny Easley^ | S | UCLA |
| 1982 | 6 | Jeff Bryant | DE | Clemson |
| 1983 | 3 | Curt Warner | RB | Penn State |
| 1984 | 22 | Terry Taylor | CB | Southern Illinois |
| 1985 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 1986 | 15 | John L. Williams | FB | Florida |
| 1987 | 18 | Tony Woods | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 1988 | 22 | Brian Bosworth | LB | Oklahoma |
| 1989 | 15 | Andy Heck | OT | Notre Dame |
| 1990 | 3 | Cortez Kennedy^ | DT | Miami |
| 1991 | 16 | Dan McGwire | QB | San Diego State |
| 1992 | 10 | Ray Roberts | OT | Virginia |
| 1993 | 2 | Rick Mirer | QB | Notre Dame |
| 1994 | 8 | Sam Adams | DT | Texas A&M |
| 1995 | 8 | Joey Galloway | WR | Ohio State |
| 1996 | 21 | Pete Kendall | OT | Boston College |
| 1997 | 3 | Shawn Springs | CB | Ohio State |
| 1997 | 6 | Walter Jones^ | OT | Florida State |
| 1998 | 15 | Anthony Simmons | LB | Clemson |
| 1999 | 22 | Lamar King | DE | Saginaw Valley State |
| 2000 | 19 | Shaun Alexander | RB | Alabama |
| 2000 | 22 | Chris McIntosh | OT | Wisconsin |
| 2001 | 9 | Koren Robinson | WR | North Carolina State |
| 2001 | 17 | Steve Hutchinson^ | G | Michigan |
| 2002 | 28 | Jerramy Stevens | TE | Washington |
| 2003 | 11 | Marcus Trufant | CB | Washington State |
| 2004 | 23 | Marcus Tubbs | DT | Texas |
| 2005 | 26 | Chris Spencer | C | Mississippi |
| 2006 | 31 | Kelly Jennings | CB | Miami |
| 2007 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2008 | 28 | Lawrence Jackson | DE | Southern California |
| 2009 | 4 | Aaron Curry | LB | Wake Forest |
| 2010 | 6 | Russell Okung | OT | Oklahoma State |
| 2010 | 14 | Earl Thomas | S | Texas |
| 2011 | 25 | James Carpenter | OG | Alabama |
| 2012 | 15 | Bruce Irvin | DE | West Virginia |
| 2013 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2014 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2015 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2016 | 31 | Germain Ifedi | G/T | Texas A&M |
| 2017 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2018 | 27 | Rashaad Penny | RB | San Diego State |
| 2019 | 29 | L. J. Collier | DE | TCU |
| 2020 | 27 | Jordyn Brooks | LB | Texas Tech |
| 2021 | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick | — No pick |
| 2022 | 9 | Charles Cross | OT | Mississippi State |
| 2023 | 5 | Devon Witherspoon | CB | Illinois |
| 2023 | 20 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | Ohio State |
| 2024 | 16 | Byron Murphy II | DT | Texas |

## Footnotes

* ↑ "History: NFL Football – Seattle Seahawks". SportsPool.com. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
* ↑ Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics: Determining Order of Selection". About.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
* ↑ The Dallas Cowboys traded the 14th pick of the 1977 first round and two 1977 second-round picks to the Seahawks for the 2nd pick of the 1977 first round (Tony Dorsett)."1977 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Buffalo Bills traded the 10th pick of the 1980 first round to the Seahawks for the 16th pick of the 1980 first round (Jim Ritcher) and a 1980 third-round pick."1980 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Houston Oilers traded the 2nd pick of the 1983 first round (Eric Dickerson) to the Los Angeles Rams for the 3rd pick of the 1983 first round, a 1983 fourth-round pick, and a 1984 fourth-round pick. The Oilers then traded the 3rd pick of the 1983 first round to the Seahawks for the 9th pick of the 1983 first round (Bruce Matthews), a 1983 second-round pick, and a 1983 third-round pick."1983 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Cincinnati Bengals traded Blair Bush to the Seahawks for the 25th pick of the 1985 first round (Emanuel King)."1985 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Seahawks used the 22nd pick of the first round to choose Bosworth in the NFL supplemental draft in 1987.
* ↑ The Arizona Cardinals traded Kelly Stouffer to the Seahawks for the 17th pick in the 1989 first round (Joe Wolf, a 1988 fifth-round pick, and a 1989 fifth-round. The Seahawks traded Fredd Young to Indianapolis Colts for the 15th pick of the 1989 first round and the 10th pick of the 1990 first round (Ray Agnew).
* ↑ The Seahawks traded the 10th pick of the 1990 first round (Ray Agnew) that they had received from the Colts the prior year and their 8th pick of the 1990 first round to the New England Patriots for the 3rd pick of the 1990 first round and a 1990 second-round pick."1990 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded their 14th pick of the 1996 first round (Eddie George) to the Houston Oilers for Glenn Montgomery and the 17th pick of the 1996 first round (LB Reggie Brown). The Seahawks then traded Brown to the Detroit Lions for the 21st pick of the 1996 first round and a 1996 third-round pick."1996 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded the 11th pick of the 1997 first round (Michael Booker), a 1997 second-round pick, a 1997 third-round pick, and a 1997 fourth-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons for the 3rd pick of the 1997 first round and a 1997 third-round pick."1997 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded the 12th pick of the 1997 first round (Warrick Dunn) and a 1997 third-round pick to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 6th pick of the 1997 first round."1997 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded the 17th pick of the 1999 first round (Damien Woody) to the New England Patriots for the 20th pick of the 1999 first round (Ebenezer Ekuban), a 1999 third-round pick and a 1999 sixth-round pick. The Dallas Cowboys then traded the 22nd pick of the 1999 first round and a 1999 fifth-round pick to the Seahawks for Ebenezer Ekuban."1999 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded Joey Galloway to the Dallas Cowboys for the 19th pick of the 2000 first round and the 7th pick of the 2001 first round (Andre Carter)."2000 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The San Francisco 49ers traded the 9th pick of the 2001 first round, a 2001 third-round pick, and a 2001 seventh-round pick to the Seahawks for the 7th pick of the 2001 first round and a 2001 sixth-round pick."2001 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Green Bay Packers traded Matt Hasselbeck, the 17th pick of the 2001 first round, a 2001 seventh-round pick to the Seahawks for the 10th pick of the 2001 first round (Jamal Reynolds) and a 2001 third-round pick."2001 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Green Bay Packers traded the 28th pick of the 2002 first round (Jerramy Stevens) and a 2002 second-round pick to the Seahawks for the 20th pick of the 2002 first round (Javon Walker) and a 2002 fifth-round pick."2002 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
* ↑ The Oakland Raiders traded the 26th pick in the 2005 first-round (Chris Spencer) and a 2005 fifth-round pick to the Seahawks for the 23rd pick of the 2005 first round."2005 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Seahawks traded the 24th pick (Brandon Meriweather) of the 2007 first round to the New England Patriots for Deion Branch."2007 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
* ↑ The Dallas Cowboys traded the 28th pick in the 2008 first round (Lawrence Jackson), a 2008 fifth-round pick and a 2008 seventh-round pick to the Seahawks for the 25th pick in the 2008 first round."2008 NFL Draft Pick Pending Transactions". Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
* ↑ Denver traded this selection to Seattle for a 2009 second-round selection (37th overall)."Draft trade tracker: All the moves: Broncos trade up to take CB Alphonso Smith". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
* ↑ Seattle traded their 2012 first-round selection (12th overall) to Eagles for Eagles' 2012 first-round selection (15th overall), fourth-round selection (114th overall), and sixth-round selection (172nd overall)."Philadelphia Eagles trade for No. 12 pick, take Fletcher Cox". NFL. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
* ↑ Seattle traded this selection, its seventh-round selection (214th overall), and their 2014 third-round selection to Minnesota in exchange for wide receiver Percy Harvin. <Wobschall, Mike (March 12, 2013). "Vikings Trade Percy Harvin, Invest in Young Nucleus Built Through Draft". Vikings.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
* ↑ Seattle traded this selection to Minnesota in exchange for Minnesota's second- and fourth-round selections (40th &108th overall).Crabtree, Curtis (May 8, 2014). "Vikings trade up to select Teddy Bridgewater with final first-round selection". Pro Football Talk. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.